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as in stalks
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 displays
to present so as to invite notice or attention
strutting his blue ribbon for all to see
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Recent Examples of struts
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
At the Barclays, Ellie struts the halls—all eyes are on her and her entourage.
—Marc Williams, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
The only actor who looks at home here is Chloë Sevigny as Kim, the resident Yale Philosophy Department psychotherapist, who struts through the movie in a series of baggy suits and a curly bowl haircut that wouldn’t be out of place on the Beverly Hillbillies’ Miss Jane Hathaway.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
But the Maginot instead crashes in a part of southeast Asia that’s the dominion of Prodigy, a corporation founded by Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin), an overgrown child obsessed with Peter Pan, who struts around his research facility barefoot in pajamas.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
The movie plunks us down at Mar-a-Lago, where Melania struts out the door and into the back of an SUV, which will take her to the red-white-and-blue private plane painted with the word TRUMP that’s waiting for her at the airport.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
At the Barclays, Ellie struts the halls—all eyes are on her and her entourage.
—Marc Williams, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
The only actor who looks at home here is Chloë Sevigny as Kim, the resident Yale Philosophy Department psychotherapist, who struts through the movie in a series of baggy suits and a curly bowl haircut that wouldn’t be out of place on the Beverly Hillbillies’ Miss Jane Hathaway.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
But the Maginot instead crashes in a part of southeast Asia that’s the dominion of Prodigy, a corporation founded by Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin), an overgrown child obsessed with Peter Pan, who struts around his research facility barefoot in pajamas.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for struts
Verb
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Chive flowers can be harvested in the same way by cutting the woody flower stalks off at the soil line.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 May 2026
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In You Dreamed of Empires (2024), the emperor Moctezuma stalks his palace in 1519 Tenochtitlan—today’s Mexico City—in a fog of psychedelic-induced delirium, glammed-out like an Aztec David Bowie.—
Anderson Tepper,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Page 11 displays one of the S-1 chief set-pieces, a chart showing the total addressable markets for each of its three segments.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
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Approaching the audience gathered there, the bus passed Broad Street, which displays a Birmingham Wall of Stars plaque for the 1982 team.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
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In a comedy special released last week, the thirty-nine-year-old comedian prances around the stage in a purple jumpsuit and sparkly red shoes, riffing on millennial-friendly topics such as Lin-Manuel Miranda and Fleet Foxes.—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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Shortly afterward, the company’s stock prices can go into a downward spiral as the company perpetuates its toxic behavior, selling more shares at a fraction of the price whenever the stock exhibits a significant upward trend.—
David Capablanca,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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If your area is known to be susceptible to a particular type of lawn fungus disease, consider transitioning to a variety of grass that exhibits improved resistance to that fungus.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
28 May 2026
Noun
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To see why, picture a customer that needs 10,000 ball bearings.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Vertical seismic forces are transferred directly to the foundation via pier supports and cable stays, while longitudinal and lateral horizontal forces are absorbed and dissipated using specialized hydraulic dampers, friction pendulum bearings, and synthetic rubber pads.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 May 2026
Verb
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In the same photo used year after year, Galizia wears a clerical collar and flashes an enigmatic smile worthy of the Mona Lisa against the granite wall of a church in his native Palermo.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
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The device turns its head from side to side, flashes red LED eyes, while its tail is equipped with blue LEDs.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
Noun
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One year later the wooden stands were gone, replaced by concrete, beginning the gradual expansion of the grounds.—
Tim Newcomb,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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George Floyd's girlfriend, Courteney Ross, delivered books to one of the many stands that held memorabilia about a man whose death changed a city and a nation.—
Esme Murphy,
CBS News,
25 May 2026
Verb
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He high-steps, air-guitars, and sashays around as a program who abandoned his once-rebellious origins to survive the danger of the Grid.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Struts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/struts. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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