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Recent Examples of tiptoe
The media tiptoed—because the assassin identified as transgender (though not without apparent regrets).
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 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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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 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
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But the restaurant efforts stalled, and Lorch ghosted his former player on the payoff.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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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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Toronto padded its advantage with a massive seventh inning when five hits drove in four runs.—
Greg Rosenstein,
NBC news,
29 Oct. 2025
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At eight episodes, most running over 50 minutes, Down Cemetery Road feels consistently padded and, especially in its first half, the momentum meanders in frustrating ways.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Tiptoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiptoe. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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