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landing strip

noun



landing strip

noun

  1. another name for airstrip
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of landing strip1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Although this is just the edge of the conflict zone, the area next to the landing strip resembles a wasteland after 15 months of war.

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In 2015, the group claimed to have created the largest graffiti piece in the world — a half mile-wide message reading, “This Land Was Our Land” — on a disused landing strip in California’s Mojave Desert.

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Another 8,059 people -- most of whom lived within fairly close proximity to aircraft landing strips -- were exposed to noise levels that can pose a risk of hearing impairment over time.

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An arrow pointed them down a dirt road to a squat air traffic control tower next to a grass landing strip.

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For instance, she has worked with frustrated parents whose children toss backpacks and coats in what she calls the “landing strip” just inside the front door.

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