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Recent Examples of tiptoe
The kids can have playdates and sleepovers [again] and not have to walk around tiptoeing.
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Elizabeth Leonard, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2025
And while Harvard leaders may tiptoe publicly around the White House debate, the world just outside their gates doesn’t hide its politics.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Sea thrift and marram grass fringe the dunes—while oystercatchers tiptoe along the tideline.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
There are, however, ways of using the tools of synthetic biology that tiptoe up to the GMO line without crossing it—for example, by mutating bugs at random and then selecting for the best ones.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2018
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Elizabeth Leonard, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2025
And while Harvard leaders may tiptoe publicly around the White House debate, the world just outside their gates doesn’t hide its politics.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Sea thrift and marram grass fringe the dunes—while oystercatchers tiptoe along the tideline.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
There are, however, ways of using the tools of synthetic biology that tiptoe up to the GMO line without crossing it—for example, by mutating bugs at random and then selecting for the best ones.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiptoe
Verb
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First, Anna Yuan decided to leave the pods and ghost her connections, which included Blake.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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But the act isn’t completely one-sided, as job prospects have been known to be ghosted after multiple rounds of interviews.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His interviews with players pad their NIL earnings.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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It’s lightly padded with memory foam that gives the cups some shape without sacrificing comfort.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Tiptoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiptoe. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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