as in to offer
to put before another for acceptance or consideration
after no one bought the first explanation, they trotted out another
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Recent Examples of trot out
Coca-Cola’s brief essentially trots out the same list of qualitative differences that the company raised during the Tax Court proceedings, almost as though the court had simply overlooked or failed to comprehend them.
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Ryan Finley, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Hadid opted for black accessories to complement the black micro polka dots in her shorts, trotting out her beloved Saint Laurent Y Bag and a pair of black sunglasses.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
In today’s remake and nostalgia-driven market, there’s no franchise too big or small to be trotted out in the town to help bolster fiscal earnings.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
But did any of the talent trotted out by Night 3 of The Voice’s Season 27 Blind Auditions live up to the hype?
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 17 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Finley, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Hadid opted for black accessories to complement the black micro polka dots in her shorts, trotting out her beloved Saint Laurent Y Bag and a pair of black sunglasses.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
In today’s remake and nostalgia-driven market, there’s no franchise too big or small to be trotted out in the town to help bolster fiscal earnings.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
But did any of the talent trotted out by Night 3 of The Voice’s Season 27 Blind Auditions live up to the hype?
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trot out
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Among its facilities is an underground cafeteria with seating for 300 people, which offers a sense of how many people could be housed there.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Industry insiders attribute their rapid rise in part to innovation-friendly rules that allowed tech startups to apply for — and secure — licenses to offer banking and electronic money services with greater ease.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
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Despite that, a growing number of companies do so voluntarily because the information gives them a leg up in the business world.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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This is the Court that just last year gave us Trump v. United States, with its inflated concept of Presidential authority and extensive grant of Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Trot out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trot%20out. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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