touch down
Example Sentences
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Odysseus touched down in the Malapert A crater, some 300 kilometers from the moon’s south pole, becoming the first commercial lander to touch down on the moon.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
The winger had little room to move, but sidestepped the Drua's Taniela Rakuro before out-pacing the defence to touch down in the left corner.
From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026
Forecasts for January put inflation at 1.2% on the year, a touch down from December’s 1.31% increase.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Although human exploration of Mars remains years away, this research helps narrow down where astronauts might one day touch down on the Red Planet.
From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2025
We were about to touch down and step into a country we didn’t know.
From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
