promenade 1 of 2

as in boardwalk
a public place for strolling a beautifully landscaped park with a wide promenade along the riverside

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verb

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Recent Examples of promenade
Noun
Because neighborhoods across the city lack wide open tracts that can be turned into traditional parks, promenades and linear parks have become the city’s new solution. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025 City and county officials have had a flurry of discussions since Jan. 7, when the county instructed the city to remove the promenade. Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2025
Verb
Later, hundreds of naked bike riders promenaded around the event, most wearing hats to protect from the hot sun. Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023 Noah McWilliams’s two-monitor video divides a promenading entity from its legs, which are relegated to the lower screen. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for promenade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for promenade
Noun
  • Coming in second on the list of most welcoming U.S. cities is Cape May, New Jersey, a Victorian-era beach town with charming inns and scenic boardwalks.
    Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Low-lying areas along the creek, including sidewalks and boardwalks of the Big Creek Greenway, are expected to be submerged, with water levels reaching up to two feet in some locations.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • On Wednesday, March 12, the Babygirl actress, 57, shared a photo on her Instagram Stories of her 16-year-old daughter Sunday Rose walking the runway during Paris Fashion Week.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In addition to walking her beat, she was often called in to conduct the questioning of women taken into police custody.
    Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Oscars red carpet, which has retained its reputable hue for nearly a century (except for instances of champagne to shake things up), is more than just a walkway.
    Sharareh Drury, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
  • And under building review is Hillsboro Shores, a 10-story building with 121 homes and a public walkway along the Intracoastal.
    Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • To see hostages paraded like props in front of the cameras to the screaming hordes in Gaza in successive releases, no one had anything to say about that.
    David Draiman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
  • At 8, O’Neal, a precocious, adorable kid, didn’t choose to audition for the director, but was instead simply paraded before him by her father.
    Kate Aurthur, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The program will be in a small Apple Street mall owned by the North County LGBTQ Resource Center, which in September moved into the former site of Bread of Life, a homeless service provider that operated a winter shelter, thrift store and pantry for several years on the property.
    Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Across the country, a growing number of malls and shopping centers are getting a dose of international influence.
    Ryan Baker,Melissa Repko, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Yet while emerging technologies offer incredible opportunities, leaders must tread carefully.
    Matthew Putman, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The season’s narrative treads no new ground for any of our main characters, which will frustrate anybody who enters Born Again studied in everything that has come before, from the Netflix series to The Punisher spinoff to Echo.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The ottoman is padded to offer comfort when using it as additional seating or as a footrest but is still structured enough to serve as an end table for books or drinks with a serving tray rested on top.
    Clint Davis, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Padding: The interior of either a soft- or hard-sided case should have padding to protect your golf gear throughout the journey.
    BestReviews, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • During the third round of the Genesis Invitational, Ludvig Åberg, the pride of Eslöv, Sweden, strode into the tee box of Torrey Pines South Course’s signature downhill par-3 third hole, overlooking the La Jolla coast.
    Mike Dojc, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The viral short film produced to communicate the change features a young and conspicuously diverse group of models dressed in whatever lies beyond haute couture striding across a purple lunar landscape.
    Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2025

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“Promenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promenade. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.

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