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
Three Finnish divers from the Divers Alert Network, a global scuba safety group, touched down in Maldives on Sunday and were on their way to meet the local coast guard team to work on a new strategy to complete the mission, said Maldives’ chief government spokesperson Mohamed Hussain Shareef.
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Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
Cokayne touched down in all five tests and Kabeya notched 27 tackles and had seemingly as many carries.
—ABC News, 17 May 2026
Seth Rogen and his wife Lauren Miller Rogen touch down at the Tangles photo call during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 14.
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
That drone touches down at the address of architect Otone Komoto (Haruka Ayase), who designed her family’s modernist home, an arrangement of overlapping boxes stacked around a garden courtyard.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
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Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
Cokayne touched down in all five tests and Kabeya notched 27 tackles and had seemingly as many carries.
—ABC News, 17 May 2026
Seth Rogen and his wife Lauren Miller Rogen touch down at the Tangles photo call during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 14.
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
That drone touches down at the address of architect Otone Komoto (Haruka Ayase), who designed her family’s modernist home, an arrangement of overlapping boxes stacked around a garden courtyard.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch down
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The mountain makes a majestic backdrop for Gergeti Trinity Church, a 14th-century gem perched 7,120 feet above sea level.—
Lori Rackl,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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In the video posted Friday, the two eagles are perched on a high tree branch in an undisclosed location.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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James, 62, landed on the ballot through a petition process.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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Junior Caminero doubled in the third inning, when his pop-up dodged the Tropicana Field catwalks before landing in the infield.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Local touches were everywhere, from an extensive collection of books ranging from South African chick-lit to memoirs of Nelson Mandela, Trevor Noah, and Siya Kolisi to a mini-bar stocked with gin, rum, and brandy made with Cape Fynbos plants.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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The problem is that most homes are lit the same way from breakfast to bedtime, and that flat unchanging signal works against you at the wrong hours.—
Allison Palmer
June 2,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
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“Touch down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20down. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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