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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as in procession
forward movement in time or place
the march of time
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as in to stride
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group
the band had to practice for hours to be able to march in perfect step
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as in to progress
to move forward along a course
bleary-eyed commuters marching off to the train station for the morning commute
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Recent Examples of march
Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
While driving activists between cities, Liuzzo was killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan after the march.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
Thousands of people have marched in the streets of Minneapolis in subzero winter temperatures to protest ICE actions.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Sacramento police diverted traffic from N Street between Fifth and Sixth streets downtown as the march proceeded, Gamble said.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
While driving activists between cities, Liuzzo was killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan after the march.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
On Sunday afternoon, Vanity Fair even stumbled across a very small protest—about seven people marching down Main Street, anti-ICE signs in hand.
—Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
Thousands of people have marched in the streets of Minneapolis in subzero winter temperatures to protest ICE actions.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for march
Verb
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None of them had any idea as to what was wrong with Nix until Payton, in street clothes, strode back to the postgame podium for the second time Saturday night after the madness cleared.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
17 Jan. 2026
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Nineteen years ago, Mike Tomlin strode to a microphone in Pittsburgh, debuting his iconic, confident gait.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Player Projects require Raiders to go out into the various maps and find loot, which must then be committed in order to progress and earn rewards.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Have things progressed to the point of having regular kombucha or kvass infusions?—
Alyssa Brandt,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Brooks is serving six consecutive life sentences plus 762 years for the death and injuries parade participants suffered in November 2021.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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And there’s Faithfull, watching her past paraded before her with an amused smile and a sense of high irony still intact.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, deputies proceeded with the jail’s schedule as if nothing was happening.—
Christopher Damien,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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Only after the verification does the destroyer proceed to fire four electronic jamming missiles, according to the broadcast.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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Attorneys for Luigi Mangione, the 27-year-old man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk in 2024, filed a motion to bar the death penalty in his case over a conflict of interest with US Attorney General Pam Bondi.—
Andi Babineau,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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Alabama's begging bans blocked by lower courts After Singleton filed a class action lawsuit in 2020, lower courts blocked enforcement of the laws.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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Several recent special elections have gone well for Democrats, including a win in Virginia in September 2025.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
2 Feb. 2026
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After a skirmish, Pretti escaped from the officer and went toward the crowd.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Feb. 2026
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Coming from both the Sun and also omnidirectionally from elsewhere across the Universe, these cosmic rays all behaved the same way normal particles do on Earth, except were at significantly greater energies.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
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Some of Thursday’s decline was related to Wall Street not being happy with how much the company was spending on investments for the future (capital expenditures), and the cloud business Azure may not have done as well as some hoped.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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As part of Congress, Menefee could face voting on controversial issues in coming weeks.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
2 Feb. 2026
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Hicks had been owed $25 million over the next two seasons, a liability that came with a hefty payroll tax for Boston.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
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“March.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/march. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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