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Recent Examples of tiptoe
Sea thrift and marram grass fringe the dunes—while oystercatchers tiptoe along the tideline.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
But according to the growing stack of legal paperwork, Hunsicker was not just tiptoeing across the line, but sprinting past it, doctoring audit reports, falsifying other documents, faking a screen shot of CaaStle’s bank accounts and overstating revenues by more than 7,300 percent.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 18 July 2025
The water had risen so high, Burgess tiptoed to keep her head above it.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 6 July 2025
Mimi Davila shines in the titular role as a character who briefly tiptoes into various New Yorkers’ lives over the course of one trying day, observing everything around her with quiet patience and endeavoring to do her job (and keep her cool) against all odds.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 13 June 2025
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
But according to the growing stack of legal paperwork, Hunsicker was not just tiptoeing across the line, but sprinting past it, doctoring audit reports, falsifying other documents, faking a screen shot of CaaStle’s bank accounts and overstating revenues by more than 7,300 percent.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 18 July 2025
The water had risen so high, Burgess tiptoed to keep her head above it.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 6 July 2025
Mimi Davila shines in the titular role as a character who briefly tiptoes into various New Yorkers’ lives over the course of one trying day, observing everything around her with quiet patience and endeavoring to do her job (and keep her cool) against all odds.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiptoe
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Clicking the 2024 s'mores doodle took users to an animation of a bear, squirrel and ghost each bringing a s'mores ingredient to the fire.—
Chad Murphy,
The Enquirer,
9 Sep. 2025
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Despite getting ghosted on dating apps, Debbie still believes her partner is out there and hopes to meet someone engaging, genuine and comfortable in their own skin.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Ramirez padded the lead in the eighth with his 21st homer, a two-run shot to left, and Joey Wiemer had an RBI single in the ninth.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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Stock market crashes create opportunities to pad your share count at lower per-share prices.—
Catherine Brock,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Tiptoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiptoe. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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