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as in to flow
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
at this point the river slides along its banks with barely a ripple
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as in flood
a large mass especially of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks descending from a high place
The slide caused by the storm made the road impassable.
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Recent Examples of slide
Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2025
If consumer sentiment remains weak, prices could continue to slide for a while.
—Derek Gilliam, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
The latest slide comes after a 6.6% decline on Thursday.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
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Verb
But what happens if the nation slides into an economic recession while Washington is cutting, not expanding, aid to states?
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2025
If consumer sentiment remains weak, prices could continue to slide for a while.
—Derek Gilliam, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
That hit snapped an 0-for-15 slide for Domínguez, who added a seventh-inning infield single and finished 2-for-4.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
The latest slide comes after a 6.6% decline on Thursday.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slide
Verb
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Two assailants sneaked into a camp of workers building the Z-Morh tunnel (an important highway project) and opened fire at the laborers and engineers.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Brentford are sneaking up on the rails, a further two points adrift of Hurzeler’s side.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The liquor flows so freely that the rest room nearly becomes a vomitorium.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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The rich sat on deck while the poor were squeezed in the hold below, with no place to relieve themselves, so excrement, vomit, and other wastes flowed down into the lower areas.—
Lauren Vuong,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Simply fill the moat with water to keep unwanted pests from crawling down to the nectar ports.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2025
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And setting your baby down on the ground to crawl around isn’t the cleanest option.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Constructed in the later half of the 19th century, the building has weathered fire, flood, abandonment—and even ghosts.—
Valerie Fraser Luesse,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2025
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For more than four decades, the state of the climate has been part of the national conversation—especially when severe weather events linked to a warming world such as droughts, floods, heat waves, and hurricanes occur.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The stick itself also glides onto the skin very easily without slipping or getting caught in drier or harder-to-reach areas of the face.—
Danielle Jackson,
Glamour,
25 Apr. 2025
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The only ranking where the track slips is the Official Singles Sales chart.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Fifteen speakers lurk behind acoustic fabric; nine sit directly behind a woven French Screen Research surface that lets full-range frequencies glide through untouched.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The stick itself also glides onto the skin very easily without slipping or getting caught in drier or harder-to-reach areas of the face.—
Danielle Jackson,
Glamour,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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His eyes dart to her as his thick mustache creeps up to reveal a half smile.—
Rebecca Angel Baer,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2025
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McGee, Sam, Knight, and Torres creep onto the ship and split into teams of two.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Natural disasters are increasing so much in frequency and intensity that even places once believed to be insulated from the worst of what’s to come—the cool, wet Pacific Northwest, for example—are experiencing greater effects from wildfire, storms, flooding, landslides and drought.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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Proposition 36 went into effect in December after a landslide victory at the ballot box.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Slide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slide. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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