free-climb

verb

Definition of free-climbnext
as in to summit

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free-climb
  1. summit
  2. ascend
  3. scale
  4. surmount
  5. breast
Verb
  • Will Taylor drop her friends in favor of her lover or find another man to summit with?
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Perseverance to continue exploration of Mars Before the year is out, Perseverance is expected to summit the Jezero Crater and begin a quarter-mile drive to another area where orbital data shows is rife with light-toned, layered bedrock.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of summit
Verb
  • That means Kelce can ascend to No. 1 on the list with 343 receiving yards in the playoffs.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Jan. 2025
  • With the addition of the new dates, the 27-year-old from Sinaloa goes bicoastal, a reflection of his rapidly ascending stardom.
    Griselda Flores, Billboard, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of ascend
Verb
  • Savvy investors will diversify their focus, tapping into Europe’s scaling potential while capitalizing on the innovation engines of the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
    Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Of course, as the company scales, this level of involvement becomes unsustainable.
    Sergii Malomuzh, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of scale
Verb
  • His candidacy again surmounted innumerable obstacles and defied much of a political establishment that views him with utter disdain.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Following up the arrival of Wicked Part One and Gladiator II at the box office right before Thanksgiving is a feat in and of itself, but following a beloved first feature installment gave Moana 2 even more of a wave to surmount.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of surmount
Verb
  • How can breast cancer support groups help patients and survivors?
    Sam Manzella, Flow Space, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Advertisement Cronin doesn’t feel like a marathoner who has breasted the tape so much as one in the middle of a race.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
Definition of breast
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