as in mobility
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the act or power of moving from place to place
studying the locomotion of spiders Walking is one form of locomotion.
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Recent Examples of locomotion
The team specifically focused on two primary limitations for hopping: foot bone strength and how an ankle could support strong enough tendons to facilitate locomotion.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2026
Researchers at the university have also been developing ways to optimize jumping locomotion in robotics, taking cues from insects, amphibians and vertebrates, and investigating the use of gecko-style bots.
—New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2025
Jogging is another of the designer’s preferred means of locomotion.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
The engineers explain that the robot’s balance and locomotion have been trained in a simulated environment with slopes, obstacles, and interfering forces, where it has been run for hundreds of thousands of virtual hours.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2026
Researchers at the university have also been developing ways to optimize jumping locomotion in robotics, taking cues from insects, amphibians and vertebrates, and investigating the use of gecko-style bots.
—New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2025
Jogging is another of the designer’s preferred means of locomotion.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
The engineers explain that the robot’s balance and locomotion have been trained in a simulated environment with slopes, obstacles, and interfering forces, where it has been run for hundreds of thousands of virtual hours.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for locomotion
Noun
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Instructors are trained to teach students with injuries and mobility concerns.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Many of these products are focused on helping people solve mobility issues, rather than necessarily aiding those who already walk and run with ease to do so faster.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
10 Feb. 2026
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Articles supporting the city’s democracy movement, including antigovernment protests that rocked the city in 2019, attracted many pro-democracy readers.—
Kanis Leung,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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And second, while owner Jeff Bezos may have protected his space company from presidential retaliation, there’s no sign the Post won any benefits from the president or his movement.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Locomotion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locomotion. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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