march 1 of 3

as in border
a region along the dividing line between two countries when it was first built, this castle protected what was then the country's northern march

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march

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noun (2)

march

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verb

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Recent Examples of march
Noun
As the march to WrestleMania continues, other stories break through regarding beloved wrestlers from the past. Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025 Designing Technologies That Empower And Unite Necessity is the mother of invention, and invention fuels the march of progress, so its potential to address inequalities is immense. Haroldo Jacobovicz, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
Demonstrators hold a rally and march to the national ICE headquarters to protest the arrest of Palestinian activists including Mahmoud Khalil in Washington, D.C. on April 5, 2025. Nik Popli, Time, 20 June 2025 From marching bands and floats, flags, and signs, the Bangkok Pride Festival was a party from beginning to end. Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for march
Recent Examples of Synonyms for march
Verb
  • Sirens opens on the majestic image of Julianne Moore, resplendent in white silk, striding barefoot through a forest to a beachside cliff.
    Caroline Framke, Vulture, 22 May 2025
  • Todd strode by, tall and handsome, in his fifties, with a big smile and all his teeth.
    Jonathon Sturgeon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Officials, though, have insisted for months that talks are progressing with trading partners such as India, Japan and Vietnam but have not made any announcements.
    Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 29 June 2025
  • Most patients survive between two to five years after diagnosis, losing control of their muscles as the neurodegenerative condition progresses.
    Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • Antonio made an emotional return to the London Stadium in March before the 1-0 loss to Newcastle United, and some supporters paraded banners as a mark of respect.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 27 June 2025
  • Netanyahu has talked about the threat of Iran for much of his political career, parading out visual aids on occasion – like a cartoon of a bomb at the UN General Assembly in 2012 – to help his audience.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 22 June 2025
Verb
  • The former professional baseball player created a big alliance of six people early on in the game and proceeded to add two more names without letting anyone else in the alliance know.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 5 July 2025
  • Viewers, just like last season, also play a very important role in how things proceed, deciding over spontaneous voting sessions which Islanders will recouple, who will remain in the villa and who goes home heartbroken.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • Newsweek has reached out to the office of interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, who filed the charges, via email on Wednesday afternoon.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
  • In a 10-page complaint filed in Santa Ana, DOJ attorneys alleged that Registrar Robert Page failed to turn over unredacted voter registration records as required under federal law.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • But everything depends on next weekend’s figures after the arrival of the first major box office threat, and the bigger the box office impact, the faster Jurassic World’s plans for a billion dollar summer may go extinct.
    Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
  • Montgomery went 3-for-5 with the first-inning RBI triple and singles in the fourth and seventh innings in his second major-league game.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • Accor, which owns the Orient Express brand with LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, says a lot of it has to do with the training of its staff and the design, for which award-winning artist and architect Hugo Toro made bespoke Art Deco-era pieces constructed to mirror the group’s train.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
  • The way to do it is with judicious use of strong contrast colours, and that’s exactly what Nike has done here, with those pinks, blues and reds underneath the armpits and down the side of the shorts.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 28 June 2025

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“March.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/march. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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