TOUCHES DOWN Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

touches down

verb

present tense third-person singular of touch down

as in lands

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 touches down 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 The liberated bundle then touches down somewhere else in the genome, where native DNA repair processes paste it in. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026 Spoilers are the flaps most airplane passengers have likely noticed that come up as the plane touches down on the runway. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2026 Downtown Elgin goes otherworldly from Saturday when the third annual Area 22 Arts, Crafts + Oddities Fair touches down on Riverside Drive. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 Shared finances may need a closer look, especially as the solar eclipse in Leo touches down on your eighth house of intimate affairs, mergers and transformation. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026 But when Duke touches down in London, Kingsley is nowhere to be found. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 31 July 2026 Make relationships your main focus as the Virgo moon touches down on Venus today. — Usa Today, USA Today, 17 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for touches down

Verb

This was never quite fair — the New York dynasty of the late ’90s was driven by smart drafting and patient prospect development, not pricey free agents — but the joke still lands.

— Will Leitch, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Unless the contract says otherwise, the cost of the new plant lands on the rest of us.

— Mark McNees, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

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At the top of the hill, in a completely different style, perches the Neoclassical royal palace.

— Benjamin Moser, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2026
Live streams from entertainment events like the Grammys or Golden Globes aren’t typically perches for controversy, but, says Anthony McCartney, AP’s entertainment and lifestyles editor, celebrities will sometimes be asked to weigh in on recent headlines.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026