Thesaurus results for MOSEYS

moseys

verb

present tense third-person singular of mosey

as in saunters

US, informal to walk or move in a slow and relaxed way I think I'll mosey on over to the post office and see if the mail has come in yet. He moseyed up to the bar.

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Recent Examples of moseys The biggest season 7 addition, however, is that of Clay (Riverdale's Cody Kearsley), a mysterious rodeo rider who moseys into town with a problematic past. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026

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Travis saunters over to dap him up through the cab’s open window, but this one has its own special, age-gap flair.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026
Bands perform as the peaceful crowd saunters, with the visual entertainment of beefy men cooking barbecue on giant grills.

— Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of saunters

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The setting is contemporary Paris in crisis, when civil unrest, rather amorphously presented apart from increasing numbers of military on the streets, makes evening strolls potentially problematic.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Erika Girardi strolls in, followed by Teddi Mellencamp and her new Rachel Maddow power-lesbian haircut.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of strolls

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In the book’s 16 central chapters, Roden wanders from central categories such as yogurt, egg dishes, breads and pickles, showing how the countries of this region prepare stunning variations of common foodstuffs.

— Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026
To be fair, some of the mess wanders into the house on its own.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of wanders

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Appspace, Robin, and Zoom can use Spot’s presence data to automatically reserve a room when someone walks in, check people into scheduled meetings, or release spaces that turn out to be empty.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026
In the scene, Ashley dances in her bedroom to music on her Walkman when Smith walks in and surprises her by dancing along.

— Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

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