as in marches
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group
a gang of armed men strode into the bank and approached the teller
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Recent Examples of strides
Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
Nick Sirianni strides across the asphalt at a breezy pace, seemingly as serene as an on-the-job NFL head coach can ever be.
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Michael Silver,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Throughout, the show’s trademark surreality and sense of play allowed Sweeney to act out massive emotional swings and to edge into the absurd, as in a sequence where Cassie strides through Los Angeles, towering over buildings and dominating the men below.
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Daniel D'addario,
Variety,
10 June 2026
Mark Bradford strides by with a beneficent smile — towering over everyone, including AI art maker Refik Anadol.
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Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
But perhaps no rock god ever went full Heathcliff the way Cliff Richard did for this 1996 musical, a stage production (with songs by John Farrar and Tim Rice) that re-creates scenes from the novel while Richard, as Heathcliff, strides through like a lordly narrator-protagonist.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
Out with a potential love interest one evening, in a packed Manhattan comedy club, Tess is startled when Alex strides up to the microphone.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
When the first group strides in, Probst walks them through the process, since Chrissy and Tiffany Ervin have yet to cast a vote this season.
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David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
Your father strides into the dining room, harried, shiny black hair parted to one side, his fingers buttoning the cuffs of his starched white collared shirt.
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Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
Nick Sirianni strides across the asphalt at a breezy pace, seemingly as serene as an on-the-job NFL head coach can ever be.
—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Throughout, the show’s trademark surreality and sense of play allowed Sweeney to act out massive emotional swings and to edge into the absurd, as in a sequence where Cassie strides through Los Angeles, towering over buildings and dominating the men below.
—
Daniel D'addario,
Variety,
10 June 2026
Mark Bradford strides by with a beneficent smile — towering over everyone, including AI art maker Refik Anadol.
—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
But perhaps no rock god ever went full Heathcliff the way Cliff Richard did for this 1996 musical, a stage production (with songs by John Farrar and Tim Rice) that re-creates scenes from the novel while Richard, as Heathcliff, strides through like a lordly narrator-protagonist.
—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
Out with a potential love interest one evening, in a packed Manhattan comedy club, Tess is startled when Alex strides up to the microphone.
—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
When the first group strides in, Probst walks them through the process, since Chrissy and Tiffany Ervin have yet to cast a vote this season.
—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
Bolt takes shorter strides than a human runner but makes up for it with a much faster stride rhythm.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strides
Verb
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The battles continue as House of the Dragon marches through its third season.
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The tower’s top is wrapped in blocky text — an excerpt from a 2015 speech that Obama gave to mark the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches that Obama has described as one of his most meaningful.
Noun
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Gauff may be the best athlete in women’s tennis, but Świątek has the best footwork, the adjustment steps and tiny movements that take her to the ball and propel her from attack to defense and back again.
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A student also participated in the discussion, asking what steps officials are taking to improve safety in Towson for pedestrians, drivers, and residents.
Noun
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The 1970s were truly when science fiction cinema made astronomical leaps into the public's consciousness and catapulted out of the B-movie bin to become a respected entertainment genre.
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For somebody who’s 6-foot-4 and 306 pounds, progress will be measured with baby steps more than giant leaps.
Noun
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Mbokazi beat Jonathan David to the ball to kick it out of bounds, preventing a shot at an open net.
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Instead, when balls go out of bounds the ball kids place them back on the cones and the players retrieve them from there.
Noun
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Competitors are launched high in the air and are expected to clear wide jumps throughout the event.
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How does this relate to the ensuing flashbacks of a wounded Castle hiding with a mother and her daughter and his pulse-pounding jumps from one harrowing hot frying pan situation to another?
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“Strides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strides. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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