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
Taylor Swift has already touched down in New Orleans ahead of the 2025 Super Bowl.
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Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 8 Feb. 2025
Brittany Mahomes has touched down in New Orleans ahead of the 2025 Super Bowl!
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Once Athena touches down, the Micro Nova Hopper and MAPP rover will deploy to explore the lunar terrain.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025
The sample was then flown back to Earth, touching down in Utah in 2023 – and scientists have been studying it intently ever since.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025
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Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 8 Feb. 2025
Brittany Mahomes has touched down in New Orleans ahead of the 2025 Super Bowl!
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Once Athena touches down, the Micro Nova Hopper and MAPP rover will deploy to explore the lunar terrain.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025
The sample was then flown back to Earth, touching down in Utah in 2023 – and scientists have been studying it intently ever since.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for touch down
Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch down
Verb
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Visiting the Vatican City masterpiece is not the same, Watts argues, as witnessing the artist perched on scaffolding in the act of creation.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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Weedman Design Partners This home remodel by Weedman Design Partners was devised to embrace its natural surroundings, perched on a lake near the Oregon coast.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
10 Feb. 2025
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The passengers survive a terrible storm before landing where they will be mistreated.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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The fact that breakout Borisov landed those supporting nods is a sign of strength for the movie.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2025
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In a black turtleneck and thick black spectacles, actor Chris Pratt ponders the walls of a gallery, where a banana has been duct taped and lit dramatically by an elegant square of light.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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The clip then cuts to Millington sitting quietly at home in a robe, repeatedly lighting a candle that her smiling son keeps blowing out for his own amusement.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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