Thesaurus results for TREADS

treads 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of tread

as in walks

to go on foot to protect the fragile environment of the beach dunes, we must tread cautiously and lightly

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treads

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noun

plural of tread

as in steps

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Trump treads carefully The leaders last met in Beijing just four months ago, and could meet twice more later this year. — Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026 Through rapid-fire verbal repartee, constant close-ups, and frantic cuts, Deramas treads a careful line between tragedy and comedy, the latter a psychological weapon against the former. — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026 Speaking of the houseboat, the finale treads some familiar ground for Lewis. — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026 Consider paintings like Caracalla, where the titular emperor treads a trail of rose petals; or In a Rose Garden, where a woman shakes the petals of a rose bush down on her companion; and the extravaganza of The Roses of Heliogabalus. — Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 17 July 2026 This stone stays cool even in direct sunlight, with varied blues complementing the historic stonework and bluestone stair treads. — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 23 June 2026 The paper treads similar ground as previous research, which has noted large language models’ ability to search genomes for genes that have been sequenced after a patient was first seen in a hospital. — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 18 June 2026 In his typical spare and deliberate style, Romanian director Cristian Mungiu has crafted yet another Palme d’Or-worthy film that fearlessly treads into controversial issues in our society but pointedly doesn’t take sides. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 May 2026 Very much like last year, the market just treads water. — Michael Considine, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026

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There are games, tests and temptations designed to test the competitors physically, mentally, and morally before one walks away with the prize.

— Peter White, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
In this large-scale canvas (5 feet 3 inches by 6 feet 7 inches), the artist’s young son Jean appears on the left, and his first wife Camille walks in the background with a friend or neighbor.

— Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of walks

Noun

Most of those steps have been blocked by various courts, in part because the Constitution gives states and Congress the authority to set election rules, but provides no such power to the president.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
The fact that its AI agents have once again managed to break out of a sandbox suggests that the steps OpenAI has taken to improve security after the Hugging Face attack are insufficient.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of steps

Noun

Rather, the issue is a combination of shadowing (physically blocking radar signal paths), clutter, multipath reflections, and moving turbine blades that makes the radar picture messy.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
Readiness is demonstrated when the team can use its actual tools, telemetry, playbooks and escalation paths to detect, investigate, contain and recover from an attack.

— David Etue, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of paths

Noun

Both of his parents played at collegiate level and the youngest of four brothers followed in the footsteps of his three older siblings, all of whom play the Beautiful Game.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
Following in Prince Harry’s footsteps, his nephew Prince George, the son of William and Kate, Prince and Princess of Wales, started school on September 8 at Eton College.

— Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of footsteps

Noun

Ancient footprints and Bronze Age art Experts didn’t believe marks uncovered by a biologist in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park in 2009 were ancient human footprints.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
Bones show us how a dinosaur died, but footprints capture a fleeting moment of life.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of footprints

Noun

Breona, who has participated every year, sold three original paintings and numerous prints during the weekend.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026
This year’s collection was no different, but the brand hit it out of the park with the use of animal prints in their latest footwear designs.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of prints

Noun

Meteors can appear anywhere in the sky, and those seen farther from the radiant can leave longer trails.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
The process to assemble one of the country’s largest rails-to-trails corridors took about two decades, spanning four mayoral administrations.

— Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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