as in to perch
to come to rest after descending from the air
the plane will touch down in about 30 minutes
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Recent Examples of touch down
The pilot maintained visual contact and observed the plane touch down safely.
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City News Service, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
The film begins in the White House Situation Room, where watch-floor duty officers have been alerted to a nuclear missile that is expected to touch down in Chicago in 18 minutes.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Madison Square Garden in New York and the Kia Forum in Los Angeles are among the venues where the Human Tour will touch down in February and March.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Rolling Loud Australia 2026 will touch down for two one-day festivals on March 7 at Sydney’s Centennial Park and March 8 at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse.
—Taylor Mims, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
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City News Service, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
The film begins in the White House Situation Room, where watch-floor duty officers have been alerted to a nuclear missile that is expected to touch down in Chicago in 18 minutes.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Madison Square Garden in New York and the Kia Forum in Los Angeles are among the venues where the Human Tour will touch down in February and March.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Rolling Loud Australia 2026 will touch down for two one-day festivals on March 7 at Sydney’s Centennial Park and March 8 at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse.
—Taylor Mims, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch down
Verb
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Beetle buzzes by with tiny pumpkins perched on top, and Xuanwu, a ground robot carrying a drone, walks ominously in the background.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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One story of the Desert Fathers recounts a sighting of a demon perched on the top of the monastery, busily scribbling down all the faults of the brothers within.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Southwest said the Boeing 737 landed safely a short time later.—
David Shepardson,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Several reasons were to blame for the scary-low turnout, including a dearth of new releases as well as the misfortune of Halloween landing on a Friday, which meant families were distracted by trick-or-treating.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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The room replicating the crash is dimly lit, which Knarr said is because there was no moonlight coming from the sky to illuminate the sea.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Nov. 2025
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Everything is dark around us, but the collision itself is a source of energy and the flash of it lights us up.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Touch down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20down. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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