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Recent Examples of promenade
Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
Construction has begun on a multi-year, $13 million project to widen the sidewalks of Carlsbad’s oceanfront promenade and replace four sets of rusted and crumbling, steel-reinforced, concrete stairways from the top of the bluffs down to the beach.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
In Bridgerton, the park is meant to represent a park in London where all of the ton spend their afternoons promenading, boating, picnicking, and of course, gossiping.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 8 Sep. 2023
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Noun
Princess Pub is located at the corner of West Date and India streets, next to a pedestrian-only outdoor dining area and bustling promenade.
—Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
Construction has begun on a multi-year, $13 million project to widen the sidewalks of Carlsbad’s oceanfront promenade and replace four sets of rusted and crumbling, steel-reinforced, concrete stairways from the top of the bluffs down to the beach.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
Verb
The British answer to the Met Gala, it is celebrated during the first week of December at the Royal Albert Hall, with several thousand guests and a vast red carpet on which celebrities promenade under a wintry night sky.
—Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
In Bridgerton, the park is meant to represent a park in London where all of the ton spend their afternoons promenading, boating, picnicking, and of course, gossiping.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 8 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for promenade
Noun
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Strolling along the boardwalk is a breezy way to explore the marshland and beachfront areas.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Jan. 2026
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To the east, Saadiyat Island’s white sandy coastline is already lined with luxury resorts, a boardwalk with a lively dining scene, and a beach club.—
Clare Dight,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Together, the three systems enable continuous, adaptive whole-body autonomy — allowing humanoid robots to walk, carry, reach, and recover in real time.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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What kind of person would shoot a poet on the street and walk away?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Clear out your walkways, mailboxes and any other areas that need access, making room for more snow.—
Terry Eliasen,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The sleet that melted Sunday afternoon refroze overnight creating a sheet of ice, causing slippery walkways and roads.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Shackled, they were paraded in front of cameras, pushed on to buses, and delivered to CECOT, El Salvador's notorious maximum security prison.—
Sharyn Alfonsi,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2026
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In front of dozens of reporters and cameras, Kiritsis paraded Meridian with the gun wire around his neck.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
17 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Hobart Police Detective Wendell Hite wrote that police dropped off a criminal informant outside the mall to buy drugs from Larkin in a black Lincoln in the parking lot.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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Herd also made some similarities to the trouble many malls are having in recent years.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
24 Jan. 2026
Verb
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As the Colorado General Assembly contemplates legislation concerning AI, legislators need to tread cautiously.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2026
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Like many a real music documentary, The Moment eventually treads into the realm of hagiography.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Trump should ask himself whether stirring a hornet’s nest serves any purpose other than pointlessly alienating a benevolent neighbor that is beginning to pad its insurance policy by reaching out to non-hemispheric powers.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Also, lawmakers repeatedly castigated the insurance executives for trying to pad their profits by denying or delaying approval of the care doctors say their patients need.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The president strode into office with a promise to turn the page on America’s decades of foreign entanglements.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Jan. 2026
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Ironically, the biggest chance of the game came from his replacement, Josko Gvardiol, who strode forward unmarked to meet a cross that was excellently saved by Robin Roefs, finding himself in the penalty area on multiple occasions after coming on.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Promenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promenade. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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