perched

verb

past tense of perch
1
as in landed
to come to rest after descending from the air pigeons perching on the roof

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2
as in nestled
to establish or place comfortably or snugly perched the baby in a basket

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Recent Examples of perched All this gear is scattered on tabletops perched on the mountainside. — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026 Outside, there’s an elderly woman perched on her snowmobile, smoking a cigarette, who loudly hassles Siaja for a little charity. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2026 Harding is perched on a sofa at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in an office that belonged to Gustavo Dudamel for nearly 20 years. — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026 On the day of our conversation, Gisondo is in Florida, perched at a nearby playground beneath a vibrant blue sky. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026 The urban retreat will be perched in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur (in the Golden Triangle District, a cultural hot spot in the metropolis) and will be home to only suites—268, to be exact. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2026 That area is itself two levels, with a dining room perched over a sunken living area with a massive fireplace whose stones Jaffe hand-selected from a Tennessee quarry. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2026 The other major historical attraction is Orongo, a stone village perched on the rim of the Rano Kau volcano, which served as the ceremonial center for religious festivals dedicated to the creator god Makemake. — Mark Johanson, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026 Right on the Chama river, perched on sprawling gardens and woods, this property is ideal for the bridal party who loves the outdoors. — Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perched
  1. landed
  2. nestled
  3. lodged
  4. positioned
Verb
  • The studio fussiness is why Fagen’s music would later go in and out of style—when raw sounds are in fashion, people tend to point out where his band’s singles landed on the Easy Listening charts.
    — Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The flight landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of landed
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  • Their best chance to win the game came with the football nestled inside the 5-yard line for four tries, with three of those tries from the 1.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The Animal Protection headquarters were right downtown, only a couple of blocks from their building, nestled innocuously beside a Western-wear shop on whose roof a massive neon boot rotated slowly against the dark.
    — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of nestled
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  • Kalshi can’t get orders blocking state gambling laws Arkansas filed its lawsuit about a week after Utah Attorney General Derek Brown lodged criminal charges against Kalshi and its founders for violating Utah’s ban on gambling.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Countess Ingeborg Kálnoky ran the guest house where witnesses summoned to Nuremberg were lodged, which meant that victims of Nazism and perpetrators of it slept in adjacent bedrooms, passed one another on the stairs and took meals at the same table.
    — Natalie Livingstone, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of lodged
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  • The laptop sits in the center of it, while the additional displays can be positioned above and to either side.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The brokerage said South Korea could emerge as a key market for additional capacity in Asia, with operators that secure power, land and long-term customer contracts better positioned to expand.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of positioned

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“Perched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perched. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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