1
as in striding
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group
the band had to practice for hours to be able to march in perfect step
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as in progressing
to move forward along a course
bleary-eyed commuters marching off to the train station for the morning commute
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Recent Examples of marching
Hours before the most meaningful game, the event is highlighted by the Army Corps of Cadets and the Brigade of Midshipmen marching onto the field.
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Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Imagine being a teenage Black girl marching for justice in 1963, only to be arrested and confined to a holding cell without beds, a bathroom or proper nourishment.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The Trojans looked, as of early June, to be headed in an elite direction on the recruiting trail, marching toward the sort of rarefied air that had recently eluded Riley.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Guests arrived in statement sunglasses and colored suiting to view a herd of 100 life-sized elephant sculptures gracefully marching down the sandy shores of South Beach, sponsored by niche perfumery Xerjoff.
—Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024
Protesters began marching down the center of the city Wednesday evening, calling for him to be arrested.
—Eunseo Jeong, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Frederick was marching toward a potential go-ahead score deep in Montrose territory in the second quarter when Womack’s scoop-and-score put the Red Hawks ahead 16-8.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
Recent polls show voters are highly anxious about public safety and supportive of tough-on-crime measures like Proposition 36, when four years ago many of them were marching in the streets calling for police accountability.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
Scandal, controversy, and the world marching inexorably towards body acceptance all coalesced.
—Danielle Pergament, Allure, 16 Oct. 2024
Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Imagine being a teenage Black girl marching for justice in 1963, only to be arrested and confined to a holding cell without beds, a bathroom or proper nourishment.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The Trojans looked, as of early June, to be headed in an elite direction on the recruiting trail, marching toward the sort of rarefied air that had recently eluded Riley.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Guests arrived in statement sunglasses and colored suiting to view a herd of 100 life-sized elephant sculptures gracefully marching down the sandy shores of South Beach, sponsored by niche perfumery Xerjoff.
—Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024
Protesters began marching down the center of the city Wednesday evening, calling for him to be arrested.
—Eunseo Jeong, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Frederick was marching toward a potential go-ahead score deep in Montrose territory in the second quarter when Womack’s scoop-and-score put the Red Hawks ahead 16-8.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
Recent polls show voters are highly anxious about public safety and supportive of tough-on-crime measures like Proposition 36, when four years ago many of them were marching in the streets calling for police accountability.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
Scandal, controversy, and the world marching inexorably towards body acceptance all coalesced.
—Danielle Pergament, Allure, 16 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marching
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Updates about availability and how development is progressing will be available via the Google Labs website.Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
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City currently sits 20th in the new 36-team group Champions League format, with only the top eight progressing automatically to the round of 16.Matias Grez, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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But the third nominee, Robin Williams, still got on stage at the insistence of Nicholson and ended up doing a spot-on imitation of him.Jenelle Riley, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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The installation and monthly fees related to those alarm systems are also deductible as part of the cost of doing business on those types of properties.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Some Syrian Americans planned to rally Sunday afternoon, celebrating the end of al-Assad's rule, starting at the Islamic Center of Detroit, a Detroit mosque, and then proceeding with a caravan to the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn.Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2024
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The names of Bowling and another woman, who’s claims were barred from proceeding to trial, are collectively shown for more than ten seconds in two scenes and a trailer in a similar fashion.Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
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Now the European Accessibility Act is coming.Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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While the cloud tax is the highest dollar-amount tax being discussed, this does not mean that the other laundry list of tax increases will not hit most every Chicago resident’s wallet in the coming year.Jack Lavin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Marching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marching. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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