as in to march
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group
a gang of armed men strode into the bank and approached the teller
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as in leap
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Recent Examples of stride
Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025
When the match ended, Lozano and RSL players didn’t shake hands and Lozano strode to the referee, chatting him up.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
For the month, the strength was much more pronounced as investors showed a willingness to take good and bad tariff headlines in stride.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 31 May 2025
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Verb
Richard, a breakout talent from Combs’ MTV reality series Making the Band who later joined Bad Boys’ all-female group Danity Kane and the R&B trio Diddy–Dirty Money, confidently strode into courtroom, avoiding making eye contact with her former label boss.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025
When the match ended, Lozano and RSL players didn’t shake hands and Lozano strode to the referee, chatting him up.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
Over time, though, Watson learned how to pace himself and find his own stride — in more ways than one.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
For the month, the strength was much more pronounced as investors showed a willingness to take good and bad tariff headlines in stride.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stride
Verb
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Holding a large military parade in Washington, DC, featuring tanks, helicopters, and thousands of troops marching arguably lacks a certain level of grace and dignity.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Some graduates marched from the ceremony to the protest at Milford Town Hall, still in their caps and gowns.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Reputation Rockets Into the Top Five On the Billboard 200 — the only chart where Reputation doesn’t need to reappear — the album manages a huge leap from No. 78 to No. 5.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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This could be the year Love makes the leap into becoming one of the premier signal callers the NFL has to offer, and there should be no better way to prove that than by taking down his mentor.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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Data Management Simplified For companies seeking to accelerate their data processing, there are steps to take toward a smoother and more agile approach to data extraction and enrichment.—
Lori Schafer,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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In an exclusive clip from the film (below), the jury tries to retrace Sophie’s steps, and imagine her state of mind, on the night she was murdered.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2025
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Editors even started recycling old jump footage to save on cars.—
Joe Salas
June 07,
New Atlas,
7 June 2025
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Kraft made a diving dig and subsequent kill to force match point then made one of the most athletic plays of the night with a jump set, faking going over on two, to set up Cannon with the put away.—
Tim Meehan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Chance of lightning increases as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is overhead.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 June 2025
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In some cases, these are younger wine regions developing their own approach to style and production.—
Rachel King,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Noun
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The reality of it is the Hawks could have a second coming of Scotty Bowman in the building and still face an uphill climb.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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Reconciling with some more ugly, shameful guilty parts of a young woman’s coming of age was really exciting to me.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
5 May 2025
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Before too long, the amounts of money being requested increase by leaps and bounds.—
Jeremy H. Gottschalk,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Zero-to-60 times are one of the oldest metrics for judging performance and have gotten quicker by leaps and bounds since 1957, for example, when Car and Driver timed a Corvette going from zero to 60 mph in 6.6 seconds—triple the time of the C8 Corvette ZR1.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
2 June 2025
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A couple online made a proactive booking for a destination wedding in Buenos Aires—but were met with a surprise upon arrival.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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James was born several months later in April 2017, with the couple sharing news of his arrival in an Easter snapshot of Chloé cuddling her baby brother.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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“Stride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stride. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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