landing field

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Noun
  • Those who don’t want to drive to Roy’s can actually fly into the desert landing strip behind the cafe (which was apparently one of California’s first airfields of any kind).
    Joe Yogerst, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
  • Bees evolved eyes tuned to floral landing strips painted in wavelengths that humans can’t detect.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Noun
  • The city has a sprawling air base and is home to an infantry division.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • At about the same time, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps had destroyed a vital and expensive E-3 AWACS aircraft, one of sixteen left in service, while it was parked at an air base deep inside Saudi Arabia.
    Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
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“Landing field.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landing%20field. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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