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as in state
a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government
the whole land rose up in outrage over the tyrant's unconscionable cruelties
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as in to arrive
to get to a destination
we landed at the hotel just before midnight
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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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as in to win
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 to grab
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 land
Ben Church, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Farad Fire has been burning on private land.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
In China, students must pass a highly competitive national postgraduate entrance exam and then study for at least two years before landing a master’s degree.
—Joyce Jiang, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Any kick that is caught or lands in the landing zone must be returned, while any kick that falls short of the landing zone will be ruled a touchback and spotted at the returning team’s 40-yard line.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Farad Fire has been burning on private land.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
The Giants still led 4-2 after Ohtani circled the bases, but the Dodgers might have landed a right cross that knocked Webb off his equilibrium.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
In China, students must pass a highly competitive national postgraduate entrance exam and then study for at least two years before landing a master’s degree.
—Joyce Jiang, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for land
Noun
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Carlson asked the state’s environmental agency about the protocol for discontinuing treatment and was told to keep the state posted.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
18 Sep. 2025
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What To Know While SNAP is funded at the federal level, states manage their own distribution schedules, meaning the exact payment dates differ across the country.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Russian strikes targeted Ukraine’s central city of Dnipro and the wider Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as the Mykolaiv, Chernihiv and Zaporizhzhia regions, and also communities in the Poltava, Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy, and Kharkiv regions, according to Zelenskyy.—
Morgan Winsor,
ABC News,
20 Sep. 2025
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Most of the global production of castor seed is concentrated in India, where the crop thrives in semi-arid regions with minimal water, fertilizer, or pesticide inputs.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Regenerative agriculture and bioenergy are at the center of this shift—restoring soils, reducing emissions and creating new value streams for farmers and communities.—
Lucy Hurst,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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And these survived only because clay and salt in the surrounding soil protected them from further decay.—
Dirk Schulze-Makuch,
Big Think,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Ships typically dock in Warnemünde or the commercial port at Rostock, more than 120 miles away.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Navy and Marine leaders celebrate the opening of Exercise UNITAS 2025 onboard the United States amphibious transport docking ship USS Arlington at Naval Station Mayport in Florida on September 15.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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As the respiratory virus season arrives, some still worry that so many statements and counter-statements about vaccines will ultimately create a chilling effect.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Sep. 2025
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The first officer to arrive, Robert Allsup, broke through the front door and found Mohammed straddling the victim while holding a kitchen knife, Santa Clara police Chief Cory Morgan said at a news conference days after the shooting.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Workers wearing face masks began disembarking a chartered plane at Incheon airport and were greeted with cheers from officials including the presidential chief of staff.—
Joyce Lee,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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There were men sitting at tables in front of what must have been a bar, three little boys who stopped playing on the pebble beach to watch me, two women also disembarking with baskets and packages from their shopping in Como.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
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Liguria, the region of northwest Italy perched on the Portofino coast, offers countless picturesque villages and coves to explore.—
Francesca Longoni,
Architectural Digest,
16 Sep. 2025
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Another, also built from white disks on a bending wire, evokes a mechanized Japanese cherry tree, its circles—perched high on a narrow stem—not revolving so much as brushing quickly past one another.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Seattle Mariners’ 6-4 win Saturday gave them a two-game lead in the American League West, a division the Astros have won in each of the past seven 162-game seasons.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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Both wins in the series came at Boulder, however.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Land.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/land. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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