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
While Apollo landed near the moon’s equator, Chandrayaan touched down at a latitude of 69 degrees north—well into the moon’s previously unexplored polar regions.
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Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
At roughly the size of a dishwasher, the six-legged craft aims to touch down at a site in the moon’s south polar region, then spend a week looking for the possible presence of water ice below the lunar surface.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
That alert is issued when a violent tornado has touched down in the watch area.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Athena entered lunar orbit just a day after fellow Texas company Firefly Aerospace aced its own lunar landing, with the Blue Ghost lander successfully touching down on the moon at Mare Crisium.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2025
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Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
At roughly the size of a dishwasher, the six-legged craft aims to touch down at a site in the moon’s south polar region, then spend a week looking for the possible presence of water ice below the lunar surface.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
That alert is issued when a violent tornado has touched down in the watch area.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Athena entered lunar orbit just a day after fellow Texas company Firefly Aerospace aced its own lunar landing, with the Blue Ghost lander successfully touching down on the moon at Mare Crisium.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch down
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Have a pint at the Gravity Bar, perched atop the Guinness Storehouse with its breathtaking view of Dublin’s skyline, or visit the experimental brewery and taste Guinness’s latest concoctions.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Take your time in the morning and settle into the property’s long, perched porches for some reading, writing or conversing with fellow guests.—
Kayleigh Ruller,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2025
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Other islands may join Haiti on list Sources told the Herald that countries landed on the third tier due to concerns about their background checks on individuals and lack of cooperation in taking back nationals the U.S. wants to repatriate.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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Shortly after Delta Flight 501 landed at LAX, staff on board reported an adult male was restrained after biting one passenger and hitting others, according to the LA Fire Department and the Transportation Security Administration.—
Isabel Rosales and Alexandra Skores,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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That failure did not light a fire so much as keep the pilot light on.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
13 Mar. 2025
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The location reopened in May of last year: ATMs are walled in by vertical stripes of handmade blue subway tile and lit by bulbous, ’60s-style lights.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Touch down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20down. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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