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as in to stalk
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
the cat strutted proudly onto the porch with a bird in its mouth
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as in to display
to present so as to invite notice or attention
strutting his blue ribbon for all to see
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as in swagger
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Recent Examples of strut
Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2026
Amin had a penchant for strutting around in public wearing a military jacket full of flashy but unmerited awards.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
At New York Theatre Workshop, Lucas Hnath has approached Molière’s Tartuffe with a strut in his step, a streak of irreverence that the French showman would likely appreciate.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
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Verb
Each brand showed strikingly light, almost ice-blue denim for spring and summer, resulting in pairs that looked like they’d been worn (and loved) for years before strutting the runway.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2026
Amin had a penchant for strutting around in public wearing a military jacket full of flashy but unmerited awards.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
She's returned to the runway for the brand several times since, including a sparkling strut this past September at age 80.
—Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
At New York Theatre Workshop, Lucas Hnath has approached Molière’s Tartuffe with a strut in his step, a streak of irreverence that the French showman would likely appreciate.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strut
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Despite being painted as a suspect by DaLuise, Suarez was cleared after Feinstein and Prugo were arrested and charged with stalking DaLuise and soliciting a man to rape her, per a September 2015 release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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Garnett also dismissed a gun charge but left in place stalking charges that carry a maximum punishment of life in prison.—
MICHAEL R. SISAK,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Behind him was a screen displaying X posts.—
Donald Moynihan,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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The swagger with which the 2013-14 and 2014-15 teams played could never be recaptured.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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My personal vote is for Mala Mía by Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera — a short but impactful five-track EP that blends Tex-Mex swagger and SoCal grit over heartfelt themes and sierreño guitar interplay.—
Sigal Ratner-Arias,
Billboard,
30 Jan. 2026
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Later in the year, Costco took an even bolder stand.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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According to guard Simeon Wilcher, the play of Mark and Vokietaitis as well as a string of late defensive stands keyed the Longhorns’ 14-0 run over the final 3 minutes, 35 seconds.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Feb. 2026
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Here, the Multimatic True Active Spool Valve dampers (TASV) pranced and pranged over bumps, dips and cracks.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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What happened that fateful night changes the girls’ lives over the course of the summer, with the film touching upon sensitive issues of trauma and guilt as the two tensely prance around difficult conversations that forever alter their relationship.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The current scenario exhibits characteristics of both—not as drastic as the 77% crash of 2022, yet the institutional de-risking reflects similar structural challenges from that period.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The newborn is the first primate born at the Bronx Zoo’s new immersive World of Darkness exhibit, the WCS said.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
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In the movie’s first dramatic scene, achingly redolent of memory, the brothers—the older is eleven, the younger eight—loll in front of their family’s house, snacking, grousing, playing with paper action figures, trying to fill the solitude and the silence around them with banter and bravado.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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The man was a winner, an unapologetic, complicated winner who somehow balanced bravado and class while returning the program to dizzying heights.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Feb. 2026
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The space station's main truss and two giant solar arrays can be seen, as well as the blue arc of the Earth below.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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Fincke and Cardman were planning to venture outside the space station on Thursday to complete a support truss for an add-on solar array and to carry out a variety of other tasks.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Strut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strut. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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