RUNS ON Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

runs on

verb

present tense third-person singular of run on

as in chats

to engage in casual or rambling conversation we were just running on about how neither of us has aged a bit after all these years

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Relevance

as in remains

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state allow the savings account to run on for now

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as in goes on

to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point she's very sweet, but she does tend to run on

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Recent Examples of runs on The Reds tied the game two batters later and then scored a pair of runs on a sacrifice fly to right field that brought Seiya Suzuki to the ground against the wall while catching it. —

Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026 Our tool runs on commodity infrastructure that any team with a credit card can spin up. —

Gina Chua, semafor.com, 6 May 2026 So Happy runs on the track during the morning training for the 152nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Tuesday in Louisville, Ky. —

NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026 Kikuchi gave up no runs on two hits and a walk with one strikeout before exiting. —

Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026 Against the Mariners, the 25-year-old left-hander gave up two runs on one hit with three walks and five strikeouts. —

CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026 Claude Code on the web, which runs on cloud infrastructure, while Claude Code’s Remote Control is a local session that keeps running on your machine, and the web or mobile interfaces are just a window into that local session. —

Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026 For me right now, making a plane that runs on a battery isn’t possible. —

Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026 Meyer held the Cardinals to two runs on three hits, two walks, two hit batters and a wild pitch over a season-high 5 1/3 innings while striking out eight. —

Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for runs on

Verb

Rooster star Steve Carell chats about his latest show at HBO's Rooster Emmy FYC Event on April 26 in Los Angeles.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
Honey Cooper chats with Professor Nader Gergis before attending his class on Wednesday.

— Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026