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tiptoe

verb

Definition of tiptoe

as in to ghost

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Recent Examples of tiptoe The baby bawled, the women and girls tiptoed, and at last Lina and the Brown family reached the ground and ran across the street. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026 When the characters played by Carey Mulligan and Kaden Leos begin to tiptoe into that void, Gosling sells the Driver’s transition into a man finally come alive, revitalized by love and purified by violence. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026 Alvarado’s rarest talent is his ability to tiptoe while running. — Fred Katz, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026 Moby has tiptoed into the studio for a new, mostly ambient album, Future Quiet. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tiptoe

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And at a blazing 240Hz refresh rate, ghosting, blurring, and screen-tearing will be kept at a minimum.

— George Yang, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026
Across demographics, though, teens are reporting difficult job searches, taking to Reddit and TikTok with rants about phantom postings, managers who ghost them and applications that go nowhere.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 June 2026

Definition of ghost

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Dreamy interludes pad the space between tracks with humming synths and strings; sometimes songs dissolve into floating mood pieces, anchored by a drone or loop.

— Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
She was then treated and cleared for travel, and her sling was padded with foam to keep her from flailing her tail.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026

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