as in perched
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 touched down
Tigers Woods’ private plane reportedly touched down in Zurich Friday.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
In the summer of 2024, more than 30 tornadoes touched down across the Chicago area in one day.
—Noel Brennan, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Ahead of the premiere of her new movie Sinners in April, the couple touched down in New York City.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
Apollo missions typically orbited the moon under 100 miles (or touched down on the surface).
—Brendan Byrne, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
See where tornadoes touched down, hail sizes reported, trees knocked over, and roads closed due to flooding.
—Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
Davis noted that it was used to track a tornado that touched down in December 2024 in Scotts Valley, near Santa Cruz, and to help monitor storms in the flood-prone Russian River area in Sonoma County.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
One of the two air traffic controllers on duty that night cleared the fire truck to cross the runway just 12 seconds before the plane carrying 76 people touched down.
—ABC News, 25 Mar. 2026
Then, just nine seconds before the two collided, the tower told the fire truck to stop -- a second before the plane's landing gear touched down, the NTSB said.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
In the summer of 2024, more than 30 tornadoes touched down across the Chicago area in one day.
—Noel Brennan, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Ahead of the premiere of her new movie Sinners in April, the couple touched down in New York City.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
Apollo missions typically orbited the moon under 100 miles (or touched down on the surface).
—Brendan Byrne, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
See where tornadoes touched down, hail sizes reported, trees knocked over, and roads closed due to flooding.
—Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
Davis noted that it was used to track a tornado that touched down in December 2024 in Scotts Valley, near Santa Cruz, and to help monitor storms in the flood-prone Russian River area in Sonoma County.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
One of the two air traffic controllers on duty that night cleared the fire truck to cross the runway just 12 seconds before the plane carrying 76 people touched down.
—ABC News, 25 Mar. 2026
Then, just nine seconds before the two collided, the tower told the fire truck to stop -- a second before the plane's landing gear touched down, the NTSB said.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for touched down
Verb
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The venue, perched atop Edge — the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere at 1,131 feet — transforms the observation deck into a high-energy nightlife destination each summer.—
Abigail Park,
Billboard,
30 Mar. 2026
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As soon as Wednesday, a four-person crew could launch on a mission to fly around the moon in an Orion capsule that's currently perched at the top of a 322-foot, orange-and-white rocket waiting at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The debate was live-streamed, and drew so much attention that Fuentes landed his own show on Right Side Broadcasting Network, a pro-Trump streaming channel.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The Guardians finished with just one hit on a double that landed over right fielder Michael Conforto’s head.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Touched down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touched%20down. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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