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Recent Examples of terra firma
At approximately 5 minutes and 20 seconds into the flight, the civilian astronauts returned to their seats for their journey back to terra firma.
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 June 2025
And boy did the terrain change while crawling up, along, and down steep unpaved terra firma.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Helium-3 is rare on terra firma, but is thought to be abundant in the regolith of the Moon.
—Paul Ridden
may 27, New Atlas, 27 May 2025
Sydney Chandler, daughter of Kyle Chandler, stars as a young woman who must respond when a spacecraft carrying the deadliest being in the galaxy crash-lands on terra firma.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 19 May 2025
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 June 2025
And boy did the terrain change while crawling up, along, and down steep unpaved terra firma.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Helium-3 is rare on terra firma, but is thought to be abundant in the regolith of the Moon.
—Paul Ridden
may 27, New Atlas, 27 May 2025
Sydney Chandler, daughter of Kyle Chandler, stars as a young woman who must respond when a spacecraft carrying the deadliest being in the galaxy crash-lands on terra firma.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terra firma
Noun
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Take hydrangeas, a happy flower millions of years old that grows well in soil but wilts quickly when cut.—
Grace Edquist,
Vogue,
15 Oct. 2025
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Gently lift it from the ground, and remove any loose soil from the roots as well as dead leaves or stems.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The name refers to the practice of growing three crops—beans, squash or pumpkin, and maize—together in a single section of land, a technique also known as intercropping or interplanting.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Oct. 2025
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In Colorado, the company has made access possible to 162 acres of state trust land and nearly a mile of the Arkansas River near Cotopaxi, southeast of Salida.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While driving - Stick to the middle lanes and stay on elevated ground.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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These tours showcase a few of New Orleans’ 42 cemeteries, where the dead are famously laid to rest above ground.—
Jenny Adams,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His aim was to make the earth a better place in which to live by creating something beautiful.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Oct. 2025
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China accounts for over two-thirds of global rare-earth output—a group of 17 metals critical for manufacturing technologies ranging from electric vehicle motors and radar systems to the semiconductors that power artificial intelligence.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Terra firma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terra%20firma. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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