soft-landed
Settled without impact
Soft-landed describes something that has achieved a gentle, controlled arrival rather than a crash.
The term comes from spacecraft touching down without damage, but its most common use is economic: a soft-landed economy has slowed without tipping into recession.
The Fed soft-landed the economy after raising rates.
The word implies successful management of a difficult transition.
Six-point gridiron play
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- roverDrifter or space explorer
- moduleIndependent functional component
probe · capsule · reentry · parachute · retrorocket · lunar · Mars · mission
Regaining what was lost
- transitionChange from one state
- slowdownReduction in pace
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
- recessionProlonged economic decline
inflation · adjustment · downturn · monetary · fiscal · gradual · managed · controlled
Passed from one to another
- pivotedTurned on axis
- repositionedPlaced differently than before
- shiftedChanged place or position
- changedMade or became different
moved · settled · established · adapted · restarted · relocated · reinvented · downsized
touchdown
Six-point gridiron play
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- roverDrifter or space explorer
module · probe · capsule · reentry · parachute · retrorocket · lunar · Mars · mission · Philae
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- transitionChange from one state
- slowdownReduction in pace
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
recession · inflation · adjustment · downturn · monetary · fiscal · gradual · managed · controlled · smooth
transitioned
Passed from one to another
- pivotedTurned on axis
- repositionedPlaced differently than before
- shiftedChanged place or position
changed · moved · settled · established · adapted · restarted · relocated · reinvented · downsized · retired
soft-landedcrashed
Suddenly failed or slept
crash-landed · slammed · smashed · plummeted · cratered
soft-landedcrashed
Suddenly failed or slept
wrecked · crashed and burned · failed · disintegrated · ditched
soft, land, soften, softly, softness, softer, softest, lands, landed