as in border
a region along the dividing line between two countries
when it was first built, this castle protected what was then the country's northern march
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as in procession
forward movement in time or place
the march of time
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1
as in to stride
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 to progress
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 march
Haroldo Jacobovicz, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The Knicks' star point guard had been out since early march with an ankle injury, but New York (50-28) managed to go 9-6 without him.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
The energy was lively and loud along Dorchester Avenue as the annual parade marched 3.2 miles through the neighborhood on a windy Sunday afternoon.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 2 June 2025
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Noun
Designing Technologies That Empower And Unite Necessity is the mother of invention, and invention fuels the march of progress, so its potential to address inequalities is immense.
—Haroldo Jacobovicz, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The Knicks' star point guard had been out since early march with an ankle injury, but New York (50-28) managed to go 9-6 without him.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
Area schools were represented by marching bands, including Lyons Township High School, Nazareth Academy, School District 105 and Park Junior High.
—Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
The energy was lively and loud along Dorchester Avenue as the annual parade marched 3.2 miles through the neighborhood on a windy Sunday afternoon.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for march
Verb
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Also, giant monster skeletons stride across the city.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
24 May 2025
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But the biker strides up to the bar just as Colin is buying drinks and orders a few bags of chips for the crew playing darts.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2025
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Whether Arsenal’s interest progresses will be determined by their key decision-makers.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Nvidia stated that the rollout of its new Blackwell GPU is progressing well, with these latest products now making up 70% of data center revenue in the previous quarter, indicating that Blackwell sales have roughly doubled from the previous quarter.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
Verb
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Ehsan Jafri, an elderly Congress Party politician, was paraded naked and then dismembered and burned.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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And if there was any doubt, Maddison and Sergio Reguilon, medals around their necks, paraded a banner around the pitch.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
Verb
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The first half of the film proceeds essentially as a play for four characters.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
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The appeal -- as well as the ongoing appeal of Trump's $83 million judgment in the E. Jean Carroll civil case and half-billion-dollar civil fraud case -- is proceeding on uncharted legal grounds as Trump wields the power of the presidency in his defense.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Neither Blanco nor federal prosecutors have filed motions since the jurors testified, though they are expected to do so in the coming months with arguments about whether Patron should be granted a new trial.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2025
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The Initial Court Challenges The parties then filed competing actions to vacate or confirm the award.—
Chris Deubert,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Verb
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Looking back, how the 31-year-old forward even played that game against Portland and eventually helped the San Antonio Spurs win their first National Basketball Association title may go down as a much more remarkable feat.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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Some comforters can go right into the wash with no problem, while others need some extra or different care.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
31 May 2025
Verb
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One of his owners, Craig Leipold, did, back in January.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
5 June 2025
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Enter Ketamine To confirm the finding, the team did the experiment again.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
4 June 2025
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“March.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/march. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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