as in to march
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group
a gang of armed men strode into the bank and approached the teller
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Recent Examples of stride
Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
Mark Bradford strides by with a beneficent smile — towering over everyone, including AI art maker Refik Anadol.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 1 May 2026
After relocating its Main Stage to Julia Davis Park three years ago, Treefort hit its stride in year four.
—Michael Deeds
may 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 May 2026
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Verb
Isaac Paredes, mired in an early slump, strode to the plate hitless in his last 18 at-bats.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
Mark Bradford strides by with a beneficent smile — towering over everyone, including AI art maker Refik Anadol.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
Mavrik Bourque was chasing Quinn Hughes into the corner, matching him stride for stride and ripping the puck away from him.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 1 May 2026
After relocating its Main Stage to Julia Davis Park three years ago, Treefort hit its stride in year four.
—Michael Deeds
may 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stride
Verb
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The next morning, as part of Charles’s welcome ceremony, American military units and bands marched through rain on the South Lawn.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
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Dating to the 1960s, Odom was part of the civil rights movement, offering nursing services during Chicago Freedom Movement marches.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Mythos marked a paradigm shift in AI capabilities, reportedly delivering processing power that enables superhuman coding and reasoning, a massive performance leap over previous models.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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To go deeper than the first round will require another leap.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Clarify one expectation or next step.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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The lawsuit was updated as Kennedy took more steps that alarmed medical societies, causing the plaintiffs to ask Murphy to take steps to address those policy changes too.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In college, possession is awarded to one team or the other based on an alternating possession arrow, but at the pro level the players involved in the call actually have to play out the jump to resume the game.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
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Some players talked about making the jump, but no one actually did it.—
Mac Engel
May 3,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 May 2026
Noun
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The experience exposed her to the work of American video artists Gary Hill and Bill Viola, who offered influential examples of new videomaking approaches.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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One idea, conversation, or realization can shift your approach in a lasting way.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Four years later, his old friend Paul Rayburn (Bobby Cannavale) arrives to rescue him from himself, carting him down to Rio, where Rayburn is working for a security company on a construction site — there is a presidential election coming, and protests are feared.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Hartnell evoked the coming of spring by adorning the gown with wheat and flowers in gold and silver thread.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Supreme Court ruled that in order to show that a true threat is outside the bounds of the First Amendment, the government must demonstrate that a defendant had at least a subjective understanding of his statement's threatening nature.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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When Marcello Hernández speaks, his voice takes ebullient leaps and bounds.—
Suzy Exposito,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But there also are other elements of the revision that play to the very essence of the Heat anti-tank approach, an approach in place since Riley’s 1995 arrival as franchise steward.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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Imai’s longtime trainer, whose arrival in Houston was delayed by visa issues, has now joined his entourage, a move team officials hope will aid the transition.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Stride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stride. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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