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 Emma Stone, for one, has touched down in the City of Light ahead of Louis Vuitton’s spring 2027 show tomorrow. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026 Flying experts say pilots are not expected to touch down exactly at the threshold, but should be within a couple of hundred feet. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 By combining machine learning with historical operational data, airport platforms can forecast assistance demand long before an aircraft touches down. — Justin Newell, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Long before President Xi's plane touches down, someone will have decided where the two leaders would meet, who would host, and how the room would be arranged. — Leslie John, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for touch down
Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch down
  1. perch
  2. land
  3. light
Verb
  • The rooms Every single one of the 75 rooms is ocean-facing, with floor to ceiling sliding glass doors framing the view, and leading to private terraces perched above the mangroves.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The country music icon and her husband, Carl Dean, acquired the third-acre spread perched just above the Sunset Strip in December 1985 for $750,000.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of perch
Verb
  • Japan's military said the missile landed in waters outside its exclusive economic zone.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Brian Oswald, a 69-year-old retired forestry professor from Nacogdoches, Texas, came straight to Oktoberfest after landing on an overnight flight from the United States.
    — Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of land
Verb
  • When their demands were met and extra staff sent to the school, the strike ended, but by then the match had been lit.
    — Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers learned fumes accumulated in restaurants because pilot lights (small flames inside gas stoves that stay continuously lit) continued to burn gas after kitchens closed and ventilation fans were off.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of light

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“Touch down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20down. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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