as in to walk
to go on foot
a progressive disease that compromises a patient's ability to ambulate
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Recent Examples of ambulate
Common symptoms of heat stroke include confusion, difficulty ambulating, collapse and even seizures.
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Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
Why are my feet useful merely for ambulating my body to and fro while footballers can play with their feet and a ball and thrill crowds to no end?
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
The key to successful outcomes is early post-op rehab, which helps with ambulating, breathing and skin care.
—Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Formerly classified as fungi, slime molds have the capacity to actually ambulate like slow-moving snails in their plasmodium stage of development.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
Monitoring, toileting, hand-feeding, repositioning, ambulating, medication administration and wound care are left up to family caregivers.
—Maria J Silveira, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2024
Following the film screening, guests ambulated across the street to the lavish Baccarat Hotel for champagne flutes and a raw bar.
—Zachary Schwartz, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2024
When faced with the loss of a leg, ambulating again is essential to recovery both physically and psychologically.
—Jothy Rosenberg, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
More than that, by actually living on the trail, Jack became, arguably, something unique: a hobo ambassador who was the AT’s living, breathing, ambulating encyclopedia.
—Dan Koeppel, Outside Online, 5 Sep. 2019
Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
Why are my feet useful merely for ambulating my body to and fro while footballers can play with their feet and a ball and thrill crowds to no end?
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
The key to successful outcomes is early post-op rehab, which helps with ambulating, breathing and skin care.
—Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Formerly classified as fungi, slime molds have the capacity to actually ambulate like slow-moving snails in their plasmodium stage of development.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
Monitoring, toileting, hand-feeding, repositioning, ambulating, medication administration and wound care are left up to family caregivers.
—Maria J Silveira, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2024
Following the film screening, guests ambulated across the street to the lavish Baccarat Hotel for champagne flutes and a raw bar.
—Zachary Schwartz, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2024
When faced with the loss of a leg, ambulating again is essential to recovery both physically and psychologically.
—Jothy Rosenberg, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
More than that, by actually living on the trail, Jack became, arguably, something unique: a hobo ambassador who was the AT’s living, breathing, ambulating encyclopedia.
—Dan Koeppel, Outside Online, 5 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambulate
Verb
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Johnson allowed one walk with career highs of eight strikeouts and six innings, while throwing 90 pitches.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
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Manny Machado hit a first pitch, walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning, sending the Padres to a 7-6 win and the Braves to their ninth loss in the last 12 games.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
24 June 2026
Verb
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Investors may want to tread lightly, certain cracks are starting to emerge.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
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The paper treads similar ground as previous research, which has noted large language models’ ability to search genomes for genes that have been sequenced after a patient was first seen in a hospital.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
18 June 2026
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“Ambulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambulate. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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