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Recent Examples of terra firma
During her first press conference back on terra firma this week, Williams suggested this orbital Olympics for aero-robots might also help NASA discover its astronauts, coders and inventors of the next generation.
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Some aircraft have coffee machines on board (for example, Flexjet’s fleet has Nespresso machines), but anything fancier than that might be better on terra firma.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2025
The current thinking is not so much that everyone will live in the Line 24/7, but that Line locals will venture down to terra firma to enjoy the surrounding scenery, a bit like how Manhattan residents take a stroll in Central Park.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2025
Despite the industry losing audiences, some portions of terra firma remain at the domestic box office, and for the better.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Some aircraft have coffee machines on board (for example, Flexjet’s fleet has Nespresso machines), but anything fancier than that might be better on terra firma.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2025
The current thinking is not so much that everyone will live in the Line 24/7, but that Line locals will venture down to terra firma to enjoy the surrounding scenery, a bit like how Manhattan residents take a stroll in Central Park.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2025
Despite the industry losing audiences, some portions of terra firma remain at the domestic box office, and for the better.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terra firma
Noun
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Growing requirements will vary by species, but most appreciate partial to full shade and rich, moist soil. Bring one of the easiest house plants around to the outdoors.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
29 June 2025
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Potted plants will quickly use up all the water that can be stored in the small amount of soil a pot can hold.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2025
Noun
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The bill eliminates hundreds of billions of dollars in Green New Deal tax credits, repeals former President Joe Biden administration’s electric vehicle mandates, and opens federal lands and waters to oil, gas, coal, geothermal and mineral leasing, according to the EPA’s Tuesday post.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2025
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First discovered: 4:32 p.m. June 20 Initial location: Fresno County, Calif. Fire type: Wildfire Fire name: Fresno Slough Mendota A new wildfire was reported today at 4:32 p.m. in Fresno County, California. Fresno Slough Mendota Fire has been burning on private land.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
21 June 2025
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The rebranding was part of a larger project involving extensive renovations and expansions to the building and surrounding grounds.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 June 2025
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Koivisto was known to cycle to Liverpool’s Melwood training ground from her home in the city centre, a 10-mile round trip.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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Intriguing nose of smoldering earth that is balanced by perfumed notes of violets and warm raspberries with juicy cassis flavors with a firmer structure than 2016 yet there is a graceful quality to the texture with a fierce minerality underneath the delectable fruit.—
Cathrine Todd,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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After Israel bombed Iraq’s nuclear reactor in 1981 and Syria’s in 2007, Iran decided to spread its nuclear program out over multiple sites, with its crucial elements hidden so deep beneath the earth that not even Israel’s 5,000-pound bunker busters could reach them.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
18 June 2025
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“Terra firma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terra%20firma. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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