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as in boardwalk
a public place for strolling a beautifully landscaped park with a wide promenade along the riverside

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verb

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Noun
In a statement, City Manager Brian Saeki declined to comment on the litigation but described the promenade as the centerpiece of a decades-long effort to support local businesses and make the Uptown area more pedestrian friendly. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024 The Civil War–era rowhouses on the avenue look out over the promenade, with views extending from the East River all the way to the Statue of Liberty. Bridget Read, Curbed, 15 Nov. 2024
Verb
Noah McWilliams’s two-monitor video divides a promenading entity from its legs, which are relegated to the lower screen. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023 Read full article Cooper commanded an equally ghoulish and genteel stage presence, promenading with his signature cane and top hat beneath a massive set of inflatable fangs protruding from the ceiling. Victoria Wasylak, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for promenade 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for promenade
Noun
  • The Island Walk is particularly stunning in North Rustico where the route goes through the middle of the village and along the seaside boardwalk.
    Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Wreckage, oil and human remains washed up on beaches from South Florida to Long Island, New York, and horrified civilians watched from Atlantic City’s boardwalk as German subs pursued and sank merchant ships in broad daylight.
    David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Doubs eventually walked off the field and to the locker room with two trainers assisting him.
    Jelani Scott, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Ex-Speaker Michael Madigan is walking a tightrope by testifying.
    Armando L. Sanchez, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • That bed of gravel allows rainwater to soak into the ground, lessening runoff, and a paver walkway is a good way to handle a slope.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Beyond manually clearing your driveway and walkways with a shovel, modern technology provides other options.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Shortly after, a procession of riflemen and a statue of the Virgin Mary are paraded from San Geronimo de Taos church in front of more than 1,000 onlookers.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The trophy bearing his name was paraded before the match.
    Adam Leventhal, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Downtown malls, broadly, are struggling to compete with upscale, suburban retail centers.
    Annika Merrilees, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Cameron Group Associates, which owns about a dozen retail parcels around to the mall, received a demolition permit for the restaurant building at 4151 Millenia Blvd, according to a report in GrowthSpotter.
    Laura Kinsler, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Kohl’s closures come as the retailer, and the department store sector at large, has been treading water.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Jan. 2025
  • There is an ongoing concern in the AI community that perhaps AI researchers and AI developers are treading too much of the same ground right now.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The same Rams who won a mediocre division, padded their record with wins over the Jets, NE, and the Saints, and then lost to the Bears?
    The Athletic, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Gustavo Gimeno conducts; reliables by Ravel and Barber pad out the rest of the program.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Closely matched, Ukraine has managed to outdo Russia in some parts of the uncrewed vehicle battle, with Kyiv striding ahead in the use of naval and ground drones, as well as heavy, multi-rotor airborne drones.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Harris strode purposefully into the House chamber in a plum-colored suit, leading the senators to the joint session of Congress.
    Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025

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“Promenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promenade. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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