as in dock
a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers
our families waved good-bye to us from the landing as we left on our honeymoon cruise
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as in arriving
to stop at or near a place along the shore
the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth after exploring Cape Cod Bay
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as in coming
to get to a destination
we landed at the hotel just before midnight
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as in disembarking
to go ashore from a ship
the passengers on the cruise landed at St. George in Bermuda
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as in perching
to come to rest after descending from the air
our plane is landing in 15 minutes, so we need to put all of our things away
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as in earning
to receive as return for effort
because of his work on the boss's pet project, he landed a promotion as well as a raise
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as in grabbing
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly
after struggling for half an hour, the fisherman finally landed a 10-pound bass
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Recent Examples of landing
Tim Van Straten, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
The single is closely linked to NASA's Apollo space program, played on the Apollo 10 mission orbiting the moon and on Apollo 11 before the first moon landing.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Reuters video showed explosions close to the Beirut airport just as a Middle East Airlines flight was landing.
—NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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This will redirect new users to a sign-up landing page.
—Tim Van Straten, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
The single is closely linked to NASA's Apollo space program, played on the Apollo 10 mission orbiting the moon and on Apollo 11 before the first moon landing.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
She’s already accrued 12 chances to walk away a winner, with most of her nominations landing her in the rap categories.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Reuters video showed explosions close to the Beirut airport just as a Middle East Airlines flight was landing.
—NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landing
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We were led down to the heated bunkroom, and the lifeboat turned and pounded through the wild seas to the quiet water inside the bar and tied up at a dock.Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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On the Fourth of July 1906, he was found under a pile of lumber at the Alder Street dock.Meira Gebel, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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When it was shown in 2022 in the artist’s first New York gallery show, the large-scale text-laden triptych got a shout out in the New Yorker, earning Parris a comparison to Joan Mitchell.Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Incidentally, while most Brits believe that income is the main indicator of class in today's society, 25% of people earning over $132,000 still identify as working class.Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Looking ahead, its beer business should continue grabbing market share and its hard to imagine the wine-and-spirits unit getting much worse.Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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Wary of the media spotlight, Dan Wilks made fewer headline-grabbing campaign donations after that.Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2024
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Sheer curtains cover the windows, which look out on the building next door rather than the wharf itself, and the theme is much more timeless elegance than nautical transportation.Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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The three-story red-brick box with a little blue door was built in the 1860s as workforce housing by the Atlantic Dock Company, which once ran the wharf nearby.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
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The strike came at the peak of the holiday season at the ports, which handle about half the cargo from ships coming into and out of the United States.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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Looking ahead, the market for music catalogs shows signs of stability and potential growth, with projections indicating steady multiples in the coming years.Kori Hale, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Montagu’s Mews The hotel’s award-winning restaurant is named after Elizabeth Montagu, an 18th century writer and advocate for women’s education, and it’s located in what was once her carriage house.Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Harris would end up winning the seat for San Francisco district attorney, with Binder's help.Zohreen Shah, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Against Utah, Hunter notched an interception and a touchdown, while catching five passes for 55 yards.Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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Which drives people indoors and provides a great chance of catching something – like the flu.Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Ordinarily, ships are secured to piers via thick ropes known as mooring lines or hawsers.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 20 Nov. 2024
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The Biden administration had sought to create a temporary pier to facilitate bringing aid into Gaza.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landing. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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