Thesaurus results for OUTRIDERS

outriders

noun

plural of outrider

as in forerunners

one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another sexologist Alfred Kinsey is now viewed as an outrider of the sexual revolution of the 1960s

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Recent Examples of outriders His deputies and outriders are not quite so deft. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025 Churchill Downs outriders, jockey agents, jockeys Florent Geroux and Julian Leperoux, as well as members of Lukas' barn staff also sat in the crowd. — Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Aug. 2025 By contrast, during a recent visit to the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, in July, the king's convoy included four cars and three police motorcycle outriders. — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025

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Rather than try to replicate his forerunners’ styles of success, Ternus has so far played to his own strengths—which are also those of Apple, a company that first and foremost builds beautiful products that spark productivity, creativity, and joy.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Margaret and Alice are the forerunners of Lucy and Ethel, and Shakespeare’s comedy, written expressly to entertain, gives us a sense of what an Elizabethan-era situation comedy might look like.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of forerunners

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The comedy-drama heralds from Adeel Ahmed and writer-director Batra’s film and TV outfit Poetic License, and is being produced in partnership with Jio Studios (Dhurandhar), and Good Chaos (Ballad Of A Small Player).

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026
Chain bookselling, which enabled the unification of the reading market, was one of the first heralds of a globalizing age.

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of heralds

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These store openings follow two Simkhai pop-ups — at Galeries Lafayette in Paris and La Rinascente in Milan — that were precursors to Simkhai’s international push.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026
Fresh precursors can be pumped in through the veins, and one day they might be partly gathered from the environment.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of precursors

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In Korea and Japan, for example, robots are viewed as reliable, time-saving helpers, not professional rivals or harbingers of doom.

— Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 4 Nov. 2026
The hottest topics waffle between Nick Sirianni’s job security and the treatment of Jalen Hurts’ blood clots, none exactly harbingers of good news.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of harbingers

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Men are not angels, and neither are the people spending your money.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026
His garment is sunlit and he is surrounded by blue sky populated with angels and saints who seem to be in movement, floating on the breezes of the high mountain air.

— Artforum, Artforum, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of angels

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Kids heading home on their e-bikes gave the new parking signs a thumbs-down.

— Michele Gile, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
The hotel association and lobbying group says more consumers are falling victim to deceptive hotel booking websites that look similar to legitimate hotel websites, with signs becoming harder to differentiate.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of signs

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Doctors evaluate symptoms such as mood swings and memory loss to try to tell if patients may have CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disease linked to concussions and other brain trauma.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026
Perimenopause, the transitional period before menopause, typically begins in one's 40s and can last several years, often bringing symptoms like hot flashes, sleep issues, irritability and lower energy, according to the Office on Women's Health.

— Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2026

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