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verb

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as in to dock
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 to disembark
to go ashore from a ship the passengers on the cruise landed at St. George in Bermuda

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as in to perch
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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Recent Examples of land
Noun
Russia has seized around 1,300 square miles of land in 2024, its fastest gains since the first months of the war but that amounts to less than less than 1 percent of Ukrainian territory. Marc Santora, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024 See the recipes The Tee Pee Restaurants The first Tee Pee Restaurant was opened in the 30's on Fall Creek Parkway on a plot of land now owned by the state fairgrounds. Lilly St. Angelo, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
The booster making its fourth flight landed on Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025 Because of that, our food costs varied, but our average landed around $455 a month. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for land 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for land
Noun
  • The American flag flies at half-staff when the country or a state is in mourning, according to USA.gov. Flags can be ordered to fly at half-staff by the president, a state governor or the mayor of the District of Columbia.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 1 Jan. 2025
  • More on California Hollywood’s Struggles: The economic outlook of the Los Angeles area, with a population larger than most states, has been clouded by events that have upended the entertainment industry.
    Kate Selig, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In Peru, remote communities in the northeastern Loreto region, most of them indigenous and already vulnerable, are most affected.
    Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The Medina region received the most rainfall, at 49.2 millimeters, while Jeddah had 38 millimeters of rain.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • What Is a Moon Rock? Between 1969 and 1972, NASA's Apollo missions brought 842 pounds of lunar material to Earth, comprising rocks, pebbles and soil.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
  • In between these two monstrous strikes, a gifted Monaco side featuring Thierry Henry, Basile Boli and Lilian Thuram had also been put to the sword on home soil via a Yeboah hat-trick in the UEFA Cup.
    The Athletic UK Football Writers, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • This is the fourth flight of the crew Dragon, which will be bring up nearly 7,000 pounds of supplies, dock to the station 41 hours after launch and remain on the station for three weeks.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The flight program could potentially even include docking two Starships in orbit to demonstrate propellant transfer, and even an uncrewed demo of the Starship Human Landing System, a lunar variant of Starship, that is to be used for NASA's Artemis 3 mission in mid-2027.
    Andrew Jones, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In what used to be the foundry, where metal was cast for coins, large bags of electronic waste arrive.
    Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • What To Know Is Mail Delivered on New Year's Day? Don't expect your mail to arrive on New Year's Day because all package and mail deliveries will be delayed until Thursday.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • For some, the appeal of a carry-on suitcase lies in the convenience of disembarking a flight, unencumbered by the luggage carousel and free to swiftly exit the airport.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
  • After one particularly challenging transcontinental flight with a diaper blowout and a toddler with motion sickness, my husband disembarked in foggy San Francisco wearing just swim trunks and a short-sleeve T-shirt.
    Jocelyn Newman, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In the Baa Atoll UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Soneva Fushi is the picture of Maldivian heaven—villas constructed of sustainably sourced wood and bamboo perched on crystalline waters.
    Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Dec. 2024
  • This extraordinary residence is crafted from the fuselage of a Boeing 737 aircraft and perched on the edge of a cliffside in Bali.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
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  • The winning design was by Adjaye Associates, a firm led by David Adjaye, the architect of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History, in Washington, and Ron Arad Architects.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Next week, Congress is expected to certify the 2024 election, in which Trump won the popular vote and 312 electoral votes.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Jan. 2025

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“Land.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/land. Accessed 12 Jan. 2025.

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