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the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air after that nightmarish storm, the sailors were grateful to reach terra firma

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Recent Examples of terra firma At approximately 5 minutes and 20 seconds into the flight, the civilian astronauts returned to their seats for their journey back to terra firma. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 June 2025 And boy did the terrain change while crawling up, along, and down steep unpaved terra firma. Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025 Helium-3 is rare on terra firma, but is thought to be abundant in the regolith of the Moon. Paul Ridden may 27, New Atlas, 27 May 2025 Sydney Chandler, daughter of Kyle Chandler, stars as a young woman who must respond when a spacecraft carrying the deadliest being in the galaxy crash-lands on terra firma. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for terra firma
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Noun
  • The plot thickened last year when Canadian authorities linked Bishnoi to the targeting of Sikh separatists on its soil, including the killing of activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was gunned down in British Columbia in 2023.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Wood ash can be a valuable addition to your garden soil, bringing with it essential nutrients like potassium and phosphorus.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Tartar Fire has been burning on private land.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • While local residents hope a new plant could bring economic growth, unanswered questions about use of the additional land are making some uneasy.
    Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Definitive answers are slippery ground for men in his position.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Under the hopper of a massive grain bin, roughly 50,000 pounds of ground corn slide down a chute and into the truck’s open back.
    Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In his nine years in the California state Assembly, the Republican lawmaker has gained a reputation for being easy to work with, reasonable and down to earth.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • She’s never gone into print about our relationship, whilst everyone on earth has sold their story.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Terra firma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terra%20firma. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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