as in offered
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 trotted out
The Giants are 0-2 to start a season for the first time since 2020 having trotted out their two premier starters.
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Shayna Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2026
Perhaps George Parros, head of the Department of Player Safety, will be trotted out to reporters.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
The last time someone trotted out that phrase in the middle of a war, things didn’t go too well after that.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2026
Dos Santos trotted out the same lineup to begin the second half, and a beautiful sequence led to Bouanga’s franchise-leading 14th goal in CONCACAF.
—Josh Gross, Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
Instead, Conger finds that what’s regarded as totally transformative technology is often getting trotted out as a ruse for cuts to bloated workforces that had to happen anyway, or as a wager on the miracles to come.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026
And the formula that was now evident couldn’t just be trotted out for a third album outright.
—Sara Vallone
march 5, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
The 2026 model has already been trotted out, so this teased design will have to be a 2027 or later.
—Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 25 Feb. 2026
Shrine Bowl When the West team got the ball early in the first quarter, Barnett trotted out there with teammates on the line from UCLA, Oklahoma, Illinois and Wisconsin.
—Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2026
Shayna Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2026
Perhaps George Parros, head of the Department of Player Safety, will be trotted out to reporters.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
The last time someone trotted out that phrase in the middle of a war, things didn’t go too well after that.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2026
Dos Santos trotted out the same lineup to begin the second half, and a beautiful sequence led to Bouanga’s franchise-leading 14th goal in CONCACAF.
—Josh Gross, Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
Instead, Conger finds that what’s regarded as totally transformative technology is often getting trotted out as a ruse for cuts to bloated workforces that had to happen anyway, or as a wager on the miracles to come.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026
And the formula that was now evident couldn’t just be trotted out for a third album outright.
—Sara Vallone
march 5, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
The 2026 model has already been trotted out, so this teased design will have to be a 2027 or later.
—Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 25 Feb. 2026
Shrine Bowl When the West team got the ball early in the first quarter, Barnett trotted out there with teammates on the line from UCLA, Oklahoma, Illinois and Wisconsin.
—Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trotted out
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The union offered to have workers return to work in less than a week in exchange for continued contract negotiations.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The happiest beginning was offered, too.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The baroness gave Epstein interior design tips and picked out antique furniture and vases worth more than $500,000 for the financier to buy for his properties.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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Artemis 2 looped around the moon's far side today (April 6), in a nearly seven-hour encounter that gave its four astronauts views of Earth's nearest neighbor that human eyes had never seen before.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Trotted out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trotted%20out. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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