TROTTED OUT Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

trotted out

verb

past tense of trot out

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 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 The banana-loving blobs have already been trotted out to advertise the Games, appearing in a spot with Team USA snowboarding gold medalist Chloe Kim. —

Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026

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Although he was not involved with the original investigation, in 2024, Pierson also offered to help and wanted to speak with Muller directly.

— Lauren Clark, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
In 1995, the owner of the Raiders, Al Davis, was offered about two hundred million dollars in public loans to move the team from Los Angeles back to its previous home in Oakland; when the team moved to Las Vegas, three decades later, it was promised nearly triple that amount.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026