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
Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Clad in a studded vest and a black Korn tank top, the 31-year-old strode across the Paramount stage with royal blue blossoms in the foreground.
—Peter A. Berry, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2024
David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
Nix has to drill Courtland Sutton in stride on crossing routes and connect deep with Troy Franklin or Marvin Mims Jr.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Despite going broke and struggling with crime, the Big Apple strode atop the world as the city, an electric place where anything could happen.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Clad in a studded vest and a black Korn tank top, the 31-year-old strode across the Paramount stage with royal blue blossoms in the foreground.
—Peter A. Berry, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2024
Noun
In the past three years, Taiwan has consistently increased its defense budget, lengthened mandatory military conscription from three months to a year while overhauling its training regimen, invested in domestic missile and drone production, and made important strides in civil defense.
—David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
Nix has to drill Courtland Sutton in stride on crossing routes and connect deep with Troy Franklin or Marvin Mims Jr.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024
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On Thursday, dozens of city staffers and first responders marched through the muck.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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During early voting, young women on the North Carolina State University campus marched to the polls with a pro-choice message, inviting men to join them.Ashley Schwartz-Lavares, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Expand your mind and energize your body and soul by taking a leap of faith, engaging in spiritual awareness and becoming more in tune with nature and the universe.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Beyond that, the M4 Pro Mac mini was (unsurprisingly) leaps and bounds beyond its M2 Pro predecessor in every test.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Asked about the fact that national guidelines require true, physical autopsies and other investigative steps when an infant dies suddenly, Taylor said Idaho law doesn’t require those guidelines to be followed.Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
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As the couple reached the opening, a man in a black T-shirt appeared on the Caltrans side and took several steps toward the fence.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Season 3 is expected to have a time jump for the series.Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2024
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Amid a jump to the ACC this past year, SMU underwent a $100 million project that will increase its football capacity to 45,000 from 32,000.Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 18 Nov. 2024
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This approach aligns their interests with those of their clients, ensuring they are fully committed to their success.Chris Gallagher, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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No approach is made, no greeting shouted, no gaze returned.Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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Its early success contrasted with the chaos and high death tolls elsewhere and seemed to augur China’s coming of age as a major power.Harsh V. Pant, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2024
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That film is described as a coming of age comedy set in the world of hip hop.Joe Otterson, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
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The bounds of the potential destruction will hinge only on the will, and the restraint, of both human and machine.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Pearsall turned upfield and raced Antoine Winfield Jr. down the sideline, stiff-arming the Tampa Bay safety and fighting off his tackle to reach the end zone just before being hauled out of bounds.Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The series depicts his arrival in the midst of an intense period of open conflict between republicans and the Army.Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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Although the exact dates of its arrival and discovery are unclear, the penny-sized bit of rock somehow found its way into a Purdue University biology department desk drawer, where faculty uncovered it in 1929.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Stride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stride. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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