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 tour will touch down in about a third the number of cities that last year’s outing did, with only a dozen locales on the itinerary, after last year’s expansion to 35 stops.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
That summer, Cohen and a team of DOGE operatives touched down at the NRC offices, a series of nondescript towers across from a Dunkin’ in suburban Maryland.
—Avi Asher-Schapiro, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Then, just nine seconds before the two collided, the tower told the fire truck to stop -- a second before the plane's landing gear touched down, the NTSB said.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
The Griffin lander will demonstrate its ability to land with no official NASA payload, but will touch down on Mons Mouton near the western rim of Nobile crater close to the lunar south pole.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
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Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
That summer, Cohen and a team of DOGE operatives touched down at the NRC offices, a series of nondescript towers across from a Dunkin’ in suburban Maryland.
—Avi Asher-Schapiro, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Then, just nine seconds before the two collided, the tower told the fire truck to stop -- a second before the plane's landing gear touched down, the NTSB said.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
The Griffin lander will demonstrate its ability to land with no official NASA payload, but will touch down on Mons Mouton near the western rim of Nobile crater close to the lunar south pole.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch down
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Take, for instance, a scene featuring a woman in a kind of avant-garde milkmaid ensemble confronting a monstrously tall figure that, upon close examination, is actually a child perched atop a man’s shoulders, wearing a long trench coat.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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Rojas rode onto the field perched atop a metallic blue convertible, hoisting the 2025 World Series trophy over his head.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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The test flight is intended to provide critical performance data and operational experience for future Artemis missions, including landing American astronauts back on the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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The politicians who make these deals know that when franchises leave on their watch, some of the blowback lands on them.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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On Tuesday evening, City Hall was lit in the Transgender Pride flag colors — light pink, baby blue and white.—
Angela Palermo
April 1,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Apr. 2026
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The Birdfy misses most often when a bird is too close to the camera, poorly lit, or facing away from the camera.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Touch down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20down. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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