as in marched
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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Recent Examples of strode
None of them had any idea as to what was wrong with Nix until Payton, in street clothes, strode back to the postgame podium for the second time Saturday night after the madness cleared.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
Nineteen years ago, Mike Tomlin strode to a microphone in Pittsburgh, debuting his iconic, confident gait.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
The president strode into office with a promise to turn the page on America’s decades of foreign entanglements.
—Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
After about 30 minutes, the commissioners strode out of the closed session.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Djulde strode up to me and slapped my face — sharp, quick.
—Janet Rich Edwards, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
The actor Nicholas Christopher—brawny, bald, with a perpetually cocked eyebrow that brings to mind Yul Brynner—strode through the aisles of Tashkent Supermarket in Brighton Beach one afternoon.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
In September 2024, on a dare from her New York Fashion Week seatmate Kathy Hilton, Haddish strode onto the runway during a Monse show, which some observers found amusing but others considered disrespectful.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
George waved him off and strode through our flat to the balcony.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
Nineteen years ago, Mike Tomlin strode to a microphone in Pittsburgh, debuting his iconic, confident gait.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
The president strode into office with a promise to turn the page on America’s decades of foreign entanglements.
—Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
After about 30 minutes, the commissioners strode out of the closed session.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Djulde strode up to me and slapped my face — sharp, quick.
—Janet Rich Edwards, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
The actor Nicholas Christopher—brawny, bald, with a perpetually cocked eyebrow that brings to mind Yul Brynner—strode through the aisles of Tashkent Supermarket in Brighton Beach one afternoon.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
In September 2024, on a dare from her New York Fashion Week seatmate Kathy Hilton, Haddish strode onto the runway during a Monse show, which some observers found amusing but others considered disrespectful.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
George waved him off and strode through our flat to the balcony.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strode
marched
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Heschel marched with King in 1965 in Selma, Ala.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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The investigation into Nancy Guthrie's sudden disappearance has marched into a fifth day, with hundreds of law enforcement agents working the case.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Strode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strode. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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