walk on 1 of 2

phrase

walk-on

2 of 2

noun

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Recent Examples of walk-on
Phrase
Koerner was a second-year walk-on safety when Moss came to Iowa in 2018. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025 In it, Super Bowl-winning quarterback Eli Manning goes undercover in heavy prosthetics and a wig and dons the alias Chad Powers to try out as a walk-on quarterback for Penn State football. Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025 McCullough was a walk-on at Ohio State from 2018-20. Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025 Brown and former walk-on Mikey Welsh both had 44-yard receptions in the game. Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 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
  • This seemingly marks the first time Tom has publicly spoken about his engagement to his 29-year-old Marvel costar since the news broke in January that the longtime couple would be heading down the aisle.
    Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Wednesday actresses Emma Myers and Evie Templeton reunited with their Season 2 costar Lady Gaga for the first of the singer’s eight Mayhem Ball shows at London’s O2 Arena and Manchester’s Co-Op Live Monday night.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Simpson emerged as a spear-carrier for Social Security benefit cuts in 2010, when he was appointed the GOP co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, established by Barack Obama as a sop to conservative deficit hawks.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Subscribe to the Eat Drink Freep newsletter for extras and insider scoops on Detroit-area dining.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • To balance out the potency, the formula is infused with skin-loving extras, including glycerin for hydration, peptides and amino acids to support a stronger, healthier skin barrier, and antioxidants such as tocopherol (vitamin E) and pomegranate extract to defend against environmental stress.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Comedian and actress Tina Fey wrote the screenplay.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In September, a French judge ordered Depardieu stand trial in a criminal court on charges of rape related to accusations by actress Charlotte Arnould.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 1970s had seen a mass exodus of Argentina’s star players abroad, particularly to Spain, where a ban on foreign players had recently been lifted.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Country music star Tanya Tucker sang at his bedside.
    Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Walk-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walk-on. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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