row 1 of 4

row

2 of 4

noun (2)

1
2
3

row

3 of 4

verb (1)

as in to paddle
to move a boat by means of oars rowed around the lake

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row

4 of 4

verb (2)

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Noun
Farmington is competing for the second year in a row for a national award honoring its downtown revival. Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025 Still, being a child of California in the eighties and nineties offered a front-row seat to the rise of a retail juggernaut. Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
Trump has repeatedly set deadlines for Moscow to agree a ceasefire or face new sanctions, only to row back. Barbara Erling, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025 Team morale improves when engineers and designers see direct user impact rather than rowing toward abstract goals. Alexander Jabbour, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for row

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“Row.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/row. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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