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
Friends and family of the development team watched a prototype named Goddard—after Robert Goddard, father of modern rocketry—rise 285 feet (87 meters) into the air and touch down 30 seconds later.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
The video opens with Rock touching down at an airport on a private jet.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 2 May 2026
Pauline Astier just touched down in Brooklyn and the guard is already making an impact for the Liberty in training camp.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
The British sovereign traveled there for his first royal visit as monarch to a British Overseas Territory and touched down on Thursday night.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
The video opens with Rock touching down at an airport on a private jet.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 2 May 2026
Pauline Astier just touched down in Brooklyn and the guard is already making an impact for the Liberty in training camp.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
The British sovereign traveled there for his first royal visit as monarch to a British Overseas Territory and touched down on Thursday night.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch down
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Hence why there was no better setting to reveal the collection than La Pausa, her hillside villa perched above the Mediterranean.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
10 May 2026
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Five stories would be apartments perched atop a two-story parking structure, new plans show.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
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The Hawks have a good chance of landing a top-four pick in what’s regarded as a stacked group of prospects.—
Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
10 May 2026
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That game, a 34-31 Wildcats win in the first year of the Shedeur Sanders era, was the first impression Coleman left on the state of Colorado before the Broncos landed on him two years later.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
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Southampton’s team arrived at St Mary’s amid a sea of red smoke from the flares lit by the thousands of fans who had lined the street to greet them.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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The place was brightly lit and sparingly decorated, with clusters of books that made no sense.—
Francesco Pacifico,
The Dial,
12 May 2026
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“Touch down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20down. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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