landing strip

noun

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Concrete landing strips were unearthed and eventually turned into the sprawling Lincolnshire Corporate Center. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025 Ken said that when the plane finally stopped on that tiny landing strip, its nose was 2 feet from the water. Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025 That’s why aside from continuing to build some sort of new culture and keeping everyone healthy, the next two months are all about gliding onto the landing strip in smooth fashion in July, setting things up for a run in 2025-26. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 7 Feb. 2025 Shortly afterwards, the aircraft came down on the runway in a belly landing, touching down about 1,310 yards along the 3,062 yard runway and sliding into the embankment at the end of the landing strip. Ju-Min Park and Hongji Kim, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for landing strip

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First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of landing strip was in 1930

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“Landing strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landing%20strip. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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