marching

verb

present participle of march
1
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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2
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 Back then, with no off-ramp in sight in the Middle East, oil was marching higher, stoking inflation fears, and bond yields went along for the ride. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 Many English, Welsh and Scottish people and most Irish people remained Catholic and thus opposed to the official religion, but the state churches were marching steadily away from them and toward fundamentalist revolution. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 The scoring started innocently enough, Stockton marching the team 79 yards on an 11-play workmanlike touchdown drive. — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026 Trailing 14-10 at halftime, TCU was in great position to retake the lead after marching to the red zone on its first possession of the second half. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2026 The Royals were marching toward a postseason berth and yet McArthur was going to miss out. — Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026 The Knights found their stride after the interception, marching down the field for 44 yards and relying on their ground game, with Watson, Landen Chambers, and Jenkins sharing the load. — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026 Rutgers, with just a single yard of total offense to that point, woke up, marching 75 yards in response. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 Of these three films, The Uprising is admittedly the least heist-explicit; Paul Greengrass’s shaky cam mostly follows marching mobs lambasting the king and furious revolts against soldiers and tax collectors. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marching
  1. striding
  2. progressing
  3. doing
  4. proceeding
  5. coming
  6. going
  7. forging
  8. advancing
Verb
  • Rossi is deeply inspired by Umberto Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, the Futurist sculpture of a figure striding forward, its body fragmented into aerodynamic forms that suggest speed and movement.
    — Alison S. Cohn, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The monumental Lady in Blue depicts a young Black woman striding forward with purpose in a blue dress and heels, her gaze directed ahead of her.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 10 Sep. 2026
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Verb
  • The stiffest competition comes on the wing, where the Lakers lauded their depth between offseason additions Quentin Grimes, Collin Sexton, Matisse Thybulle and Williams, rookie Cameron Carr and progressing second-year forward Adou Thiero.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Patterson will give quarterly updates to the council on how the pilot is progressing.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of progressing
Verb
  • Some of the stories are just spoken matter-of-factly, while others are acted out with Jaku doing all the voices.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Anyone attempting to judge these works by their relationship to canonized video, computational art, and painting may have difficulty doing so.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of doing
Verb
  • The answers offer the latest sign that Raman has been proceeding with caution on some of the DSA’s litmus test issues.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Even where data centers are proceeding at a robust clip and creating the most jobs public opinion has turned against them.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of proceeding
Verb
  • The island has hosted a Ground Self-Defense Force garrison since 2016, while Tokyo has plans to add additional air-defense capabilities in the coming years.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The man’s identity was expected to be released by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office in the coming days.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of coming
Verb
  • The morning commute on I-80 declined from Rocklin ahead of the Capitol City Freeway split going toward I-5.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Their resilience is, frankly, the thing that keeps the rest of us going.
    — Philip Weinberg, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of going
Verb
  • Building materials tough enough for these extreme conditions usually demand heavy industrial processing, such as repeatedly rolling or forging hot metal.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov indicated Monday that the chances of making speedy headway on forging a peace settlement were bleak after recent Ukrainian attacks, including during recent parliamentary elections in Russia.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of forging
Verb
  • The award honors her enduring commitment to advancing Brazilian cinema and elevating the international profile of Brazilian film and talent through her work with Projeto Paradiso.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The latest phase includes six deliverables focused on demonstrating the full-scale Seaglider prototype in operationally relevant environments and advancing its integration into defense operations.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of advancing

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“Marching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marching. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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