MARCHING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

marching

verb

present participle of march

as in striding

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 progressing

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 marching Wednesday is no different, with crude prices marching back towards triple digits and inflation sirens ringing from Beijing to London to Washington. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 Zelenskiy attended the funeral of King Harald V of Norway on Wednesday, marching behind his coffin along with other heads of state in central Oslo. — Gwladys Fouche, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 Lafontant’s group, comprising about 180 artists, designers, musicians and residents, is marching in the parade for the second year. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026 Sponsored by the Allegheny/Fayette Central Labor Council, 200 units made their way through downtown Pittsburgh with tens of thousands marching and watching from the side. — Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026 Hrgovic saw his opportunity, and pounced at the start of the ninth round, marching forward and unleashing heavy shots. — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 In 2016, Moncler Grenoble’s fall New York Fashion Week presentation at Lincoln Center was staged in polar-vortex conditions, transforming the frozen plaza into a live performance stage with 80 performers marching in step. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026 Directed by Ridley Scott, the minute-long spot showed men in gray uniforms, heads shaved, eyes blank, marching in unison toward a lifeless auditorium. — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2026 If this has proved conflicting, Gibney does not let on, marching from sacred target to sacred target with little apparent tentativeness. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

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Likewise, in January, Disney's former chief executive Bob Iger hinted at the park's location in an Instagram post of him striding along the beach on Yas Island.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The pair of bronzes, designed by James Earle Fraser, each features a nude male figure (one holding a book, the other a bundle of grain) striding next to a Pegasus.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of striding

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Symptoms, which can take up to two months to develop, may include headache, nausea and sore throat before progressing to hallucinations, delusions, disorientation, paralysis and coma.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Conference season gives management teams a chance to update investors on how the quarter is progressing and shape expectations ahead of earnings.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of progressing

Verb

Subsense, which has raised $27 million in funding, is currently doing preclinical work, experimenting with various elements of the technology and conducting some experiments on mice.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Now, the two men — coach and GM — are in the process of doing exactly as each promised when they were hired.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of doing

Verb

Trump is proceeding with the construction of his triumphal arch despite lacking federal approval.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The lawsuit claims Smith and his partners never met the requirements for securing government funding and repeatedly made excuses for why the project wasn't proceeding or stopped responding to requests.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of proceeding

Verb

Earlier in the year, the Yankees viewed Jones as a platoon bat, with nearly the entirety of his playing time coming against right-handers.

— Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Large numbers of Canadian snowbirds typically flock to warm-weather locations in Florida, Arizona and California when temperatures drop at home, making the coming months a test of whether the grassroots boycott will extend into another winter.

— Rio Yamat, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of coming

Verb

For now, Oluko is forging a smooth psychic path for Leighton to do this work.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
The high-concept thriller stars Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as a demonic character called The Stranger, who entices a young mother played by Jasmine Trinca into forging a Faustian pact.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of forging

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Real-world robot dataset AGIBOT’s WORLD 2026 Theme 3 dataset initiative provides researchers with real-world robot experience data aimed at advancing reinforcement learning and embodied AI.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Readers can play along with a series of weekly elimination challenges involving clues from the book, eventually advancing to a final showdown with the Top 10 players.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026