ambulates

verb

present tense third-person singular of ambulate
as in walks
to go on foot a progressive disease that compromises a patient's ability to ambulate

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  1. walks
  2. treads
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  • Expecting plenty of goals and a potential draw between Norway and England, Drew Dinsick walks Trysta Krick through his betting approach for one of the World Cup's most anticipated quarterfinal matchups.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 July 2026
  • Yanez, meanwhile, walks away with the biggest scalp of his career and real momentum after a lost 2025.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026
Definition of walks
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  • This stone stays cool even in direct sunlight, with varied blues complementing the historic stonework and bluestone stair treads.
    — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 23 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of treads
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“Ambulates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambulates. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

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