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verb

ˈstrīd How to pronounce stride (audio)
Definition of stridenext
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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stride

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noun

as in leap

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Recent Examples of stride
Verb
Dressed in a graphic T-shirt and trousers to start, Kelly strode through Washington Square Park with eye-catching bleached tips. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 20 July 2026 The first is now striding toward the final; the second is out of a job. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Noun
Night owls fall under the Wolf category, hitting their stride later. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026 Summer is when tomato plants really hit their stride, producing lush foliage, bright yellow blooms, and the promise of a plentiful harvest. — The Spruce, 18 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for stride
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stride
  1. march
  2. leap
  3. step
  4. jump
  5. approach
  6. coming
  7. bound
  8. arrival
Verb
  • Lloyd Kaufman has always marched to the beat of his own drum.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Fauci asked as a burly officer marched the man through the main door of the building and toward a police van, his hands zip-tied behind him.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of march
Noun
  • The great technological leaps in American history have often featured influential industrialists who step forward as vanguards, leading the way to a better tomorrow while emerging as major players in extreme endeavors.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • To make that second-year leap, the 22-year-old put in extra work this offseason.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of leap
Noun
  • April 20 – May 20 Steady steps make messy tasks feel manageable.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2026
  • That could allow crews to focus more heavily on decisions rather than manually coordinating every step of an unmanned aircraft’s mission.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of step
Noun
  • Exposures rose roughly 1,400% between 2015 and 2023, including a 525% jump from 2018 to 2023 alone.
    — Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Lala Sadii is hoping to make the jump from TikTok phenomenon to Disney star.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of jump
Noun
  • The #MeToo movement in 2017 changed Hollywood’s approach to love scenes, providing greater protections to performers through intimacy coordinators.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Areas where forecasts consistently predict clear skies — or persistent cloud — will become increasingly obvious as eclipse day approaches.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of approach
Noun
  • When Green Bay cut him nearly a decade ago, nobody saw this coming.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, other storylines were timely and tugged at heartstrings, such as when her character officiated the first gay male wedding on daytime TV in a 2014 episode following Marlena’s emotional coming-out scenes with her grandson.
    — Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Definition of coming
Noun
  • How much studios can push the bounds of what consumers will accept from these AI shots, however, is an open question.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The result has been the creation of idiosyncratic labs that attract teachers whose professional backgrounds tend to venture outside disciplinary bounds.
    — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of bound
Noun
  • For the observer hovering above one of these boundaries, Kuridze says, the view would depend on the time of arrival.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Interrupted by power outages, a relentlessly barking dog and the unexpected arrival of a celebrated composer, the conversation steadily unravels.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of arrival

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