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Recent Examples of terra firma
And boy did the terrain change while crawling up, along, and down steep unpaved terra firma.
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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
That moment when your foot finally hits terra firma after your body’s been through a spin cycle?
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
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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
That moment when your foot finally hits terra firma after your body’s been through a spin cycle?
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terra firma
Noun
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The broken pipes then washed even more soil into the tunnel, making the situation worse.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The video shows federal law enforcement taking suspects into custody on American soil as the theme song for the hit TV show plays in the background.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The one-year moratorium could be lifted as soon as Planning Commission recommendations land before the council for final approval.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
23 Sep. 2025
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Vehicle miles traveled is a measurement that looks at the total miles driven by all vehicles within a specific area, and was studied separately for each of the project’s land uses.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Other experts remain wary of the recognition, suggesting that while the acknowledgment of a Palestinian state is a long-overdue decision, it must be accompanied with more concrete action against the Israeli occupation, which launched a ground invasion last week.—
Mariam Khan,
ABC News,
22 Sep. 2025
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Beard would often mark the end of a season by going to a pub near the club’s ground with his backroom staff.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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Two words, two syllables; one from earth, the other of heaven.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
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The satanic quality of Anna is her need to move, to and fro in the earth and up and down in it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Terra firma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terra%20firma. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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