land
noun
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands.
is landing
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present progressiveof land (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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For the second time in four years, a war thousands of miles away is landing in British inboxes.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
The repricing is landing first on the companies that put memory into finished products.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
“Marty Supreme” is landing at an auspicious time for the craft of casting, which will be recognized at the Academy Awards for the first time in 2026 with a new category.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Green Energy: A subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp, Germany’s venerable steel producer, is landing major deals for a device that makes hydrogen, a clean-burning gas, from water.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2024
It sounds like a 747 is landing on a runway of vomit.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
