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
Hawks head coach Quin Snyder trotted out his starters — CJ McCollum, Jalen Johnson, Onyeka Okongwu, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Dyson Daniels — a collective that has been amongst the league’s best since it was put together around the trade deadline.
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James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Ma trotted out holding a cello, to One Direction-level applause.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The Giants are 0-2 to start a season for the first time since 2020 having trotted out their two premier starters.
—Shayna Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 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
James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Ma trotted out holding a cello, to One Direction-level applause.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The Giants are 0-2 to start a season for the first time since 2020 having trotted out their two premier starters.
—Shayna Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trotted out
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Nichols offered a maximum sentence of 40 years without the ability to appeal in exchange for a guilty plea from Terry Rose.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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During an all-Glee edition of Celebrity Weakest Link in 2025, Overstreet shocked his former colleagues by revealing he was offered $100,000 to appear nude in Playgirl.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That gave Spurs legs but not a lot of control.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Knicks’ second unit coughed the ball up, Landry Shamet’s minutes got messy, and the slopiness Brown had spent the afternoon talking about gave the Hawks life.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Trotted out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trotted%20out. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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