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Recent Examples of walk-on
Noun
Losers, despite Wilken’s ruling, figure to be at least some of the walk-ons and partial scholarship athletes whose spots are gone. Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 7 June 2025 On Friday, its second-to-last day of operation, there was a long line outside the ride, which is usually an easy walk-on, one park-goer shared on Reddit. Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 7 June 2025 All told, Reeves appears as Wick in Ballerina for about 10 minutes at best, but thankfully, the character’s appearance is not reduced to a set of walk-on cameos. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025 Only one quarterback remains on the roster from last season, and that’s walk-on Jackson Stratton, who began the year as a fifth-teamer only to start two games after injuries took out four other quarterbacks. Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for walk-on
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walk-on
Noun
  • Scenes are often crowded with supernumeraries.
    Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • One of West Hartford’s earlier patrol officers, Martin McCue, started as a part-time supernumerary in 1929 and became a full-time officer a year later.
    Don Stacom, courant.com, 12 Nov. 2020
Noun
  • Sarah Snook, who played Shiv Roy on that HBO drama, was nominated (and went on to win!), following in the footsteps of her costars Jeremy Strong and Keiran Culkin.
    Melissa Locker, Time, 9 June 2025
  • Criss’ costar Colfer posed atop booths for photos, while others stood on chairs to get a good view of the concert.
    Emily Burns, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Adding to the intrigue is how the action never really leaves the confines of the ER, so extras that appeared in the beginning of the series can be seen in the background by the season finale.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 12 June 2025
  • The Bombers rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh inning to force extras, where the game was suspended due to heavy rain.
    Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • Of particular pain to him is watching Moore, who died recently, and who never made it as an actress.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
  • And as actress Jessica Hecht, who later played Susan on the NBC sitcom, recently revealed to the good people at Parade, she was nearly cast in the primary role.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • One of the biggest was only having star running back Christian McCaffrey for four games.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
  • Additionally, in 2024, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and also received his first nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, though he was not inducted.
    Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 17 June 2025

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“Walk-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walk-on. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.

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