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
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
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.
—
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.—
Josh Wigler,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
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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.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Noun
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Follow the steps below to get your backsplash clean before your next cooking marathon.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
20 June 2026
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The incident happened steps away from New York’s Department of Sanitation facility on 12th Ave.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
Noun
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But these chips steadily improved, year after year, often by huge leaps and bounds.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 June 2026
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Like it or not, some of the biggest leaps in exploration have historically depended on the wealthy patrons willing to fund them.—
Dea Jusufi,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
Noun
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Do not rub or spread the stain outside of its original bounds.—
Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano,
The Spruce,
18 June 2026
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Operating ‘beyond the bounds of FDA approval’ Although there is a lack of FDA approval and little evidence of its efficacy, stem cell treatments for autism are being steadily provided across the country.—
Theara Coleman,
TheWeek,
18 June 2026
Noun
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Governments are built to deliberate, and deliberation takes time, while frontier AI runs on a different clock with new releases, benchmark jumps, and fresh agentic tooling arriving week after week.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Nine were experienced skydivers, and the other two were about go on tandem jumps with instructor, officials said.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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“Strides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strides. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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