1
: an act or process of one that lands
especially
: a going or bringing to a surface (such as land or shore) after a voyage or flight
2
: a place for discharging and taking on passengers and cargo
3
: a level part of a staircase (as at the end of a flight of stairs)
4
Examples of landing in a Sentence
The plane made a smooth landing.
The helicopter had to make an emergency landing.
The pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings.
Landing in high winds can be dangerous.
Our plane was cleared for landing.
We stopped to rest at the first floor landing.
I waited at the landing for the ferry.
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That’s when annual inflation was at 7.1% and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged that the chances of a soft landing — where inflation is tamed without the economy slipping into recession — has narrowed.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
Some cyber attacks begin with a dangerous email landing in your inbox, others might take a more direct, brute force approach, or exploit multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
If Jeanty were to fall beyond the Raiders at six, his next potential landing spot seems to be 10-12.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
An American Airlines flight bound for Dallas-Fort Worth airport made a unscheduled landing in Denver on Thursday evening, where an engine fire forced the evacuation of passengers onto a wing.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2025
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
Some cyber attacks begin with a dangerous email landing in your inbox, others might take a more direct, brute force approach, or exploit multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
If Jeanty were to fall beyond the Raiders at six, his next potential landing spot seems to be 10-12.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
An American Airlines flight bound for Dallas-Fort Worth airport made a unscheduled landing in Denver on Thursday evening, where an engine fire forced the evacuation of passengers onto a wing.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landing. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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landing
noun
land·ing
ˈlan-diŋ 
1
: the action of one that lands
2
: a place (as a wharf) for unloading or taking on passengers and cargo
3
: the level part of a staircase (as between flights of stairs)
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