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Recent Examples of stilt
The girls stayed with their grandparents in the smallest of ten bahay kubo, traditional bamboo-stilt homes, that hugged a bend of the San Juan and were overgrown with mango and jam fruit trees.
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Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Plans include music, magic shows, face painting, stilt walkers, fairies, robots, a giant LED screen showing the ball drop from Times Square and more.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 29 Dec. 2025
The stilt walkers, a NYAA event staple, were also on the move, reminding guests to get their final bids in before the lots started to close ahead of the live auction.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 16 Dec. 2025
Participants dress head-to-toe in pink tutus and wigs, pets sport pink ribbons, and there’s even a Pink Soup Parade, complete with stilt walkers, marching bands, and dancers.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
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Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Plans include music, magic shows, face painting, stilt walkers, fairies, robots, a giant LED screen showing the ball drop from Times Square and more.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 29 Dec. 2025
The stilt walkers, a NYAA event staple, were also on the move, reminding guests to get their final bids in before the lots started to close ahead of the live auction.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 16 Dec. 2025
Participants dress head-to-toe in pink tutus and wigs, pets sport pink ribbons, and there’s even a Pink Soup Parade, complete with stilt walkers, marching bands, and dancers.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stilt
Noun
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The mailbox stand bears the logo of Pan Am, one of the airport employers Alonso had before retiring.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Videos broadcast by local television stations showed a large crowd of fans in the south stands amidst an explosion of fireworks.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the 1900s planning began to replace this iron truss style bridge.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
6 Mar. 2026
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ArieForce One Soar is the largest zero-G stall in America, featuring a first-ever raven-truss dive.—
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Here’s what Big Tex will strut for the next three years.—
Ella Gonzales
March 26,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
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But the spring film season also allows some wiggle room for indie titles and mid-tier releases to strut their stuff — a good thing since every now and then one of them becomes a breakout hit.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The upcoming event gave me a news peg.—
Mike Dame,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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Unlike e-bikes, these electric motorcycles often feature peg footrests instead of pedals, so that riders operate them merely with a throttle, and many come with age and license requirements.—
Rachel Swan,
San Francisco Chronicle,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Stilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stilt. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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