touch down

verb

Definition of touch downnext
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 On July 20, 1976, NASA's Viking 1 lander touched down on the Red Planet. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 20 July 2026 Skipper and scrumhalf Lucu darted over after a strong run into contact from his hooker Lamothe and touched down on the half-hour to score France’s fourth try, securing a bonus competition point. — ABC News, 18 July 2026 By July 12, Kelce was photographed touching down in Palm Beach, Florida, in Swift’s private jet. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 18 July 2026 Make relationships your main focus as the Virgo moon touches down on Venus today. — Usa Today, USA Today, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for touch down
Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch down
  1. perch
  2. land
  3. light
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  • On Thursday morning, fat bees perched on black-and-blue sage flowers, and doves loudly fluttered from fruit tree to fruit tree.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
  • This Mexican state that’s perched on the Pacific coast has played host to two previous iterations of the world’s biggest sporting event throughout the decades (in 1970 and 1986, to be exact).
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 23 July 2026
Definition of perch
Verb
  • Ring-walk timing slides with how the undercard runs, so the later fights may land earlier or later than the estimates below.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • If you’re headed north after landing at the airport, do yourself a favor and check out these places.
    — Justin Brown, AJC.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of land
Verb
  • Strobe lights zigzag across the room and confetti rains down as Ruffin blasts a smoke cannon into the roaring crowd.
    — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
  • Deer Park’s screen is just a standard rectangle, lit by a single laser digital projector that can’t display the film’s full aspect ratio.
    — Lane Brown, Vulture, 25 July 2026
Definition of light

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