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noun

as in showing

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verb

present participle of parade
1
as in marching
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group the marching band paraded past jubilant crowds

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2
as in displaying
to present so as to invite notice or attention intends to parade her expensive new dress at the party

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Recent Examples of parading
Noun
According to the official royal website, the elaborate event features over 1,400 parading soldiers, 200 horses, and 400 musicians. — Staff Author, InStyle, 15 June 2026 Over 1,400 parading soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians are expected to come together to create a great display of military precision, horsemanship and fanfare in King Charles' royal honor. — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026 The beach felt quiet and exclusive, with sugar-soft sand and the occasional egret parading on by our sandcastle. — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
Verb
That was the Senators finally taking advantage of the Devils parading to the penalty box after failing to score on Mantha's 5-minute major earlier. — Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 That is because Lula, Brazil’s current president and campaigning candidate, had been parading the centre of Rio just a few hundred meters away from the port. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 The most famous photograph of the early Second World War is of a Frenchman weeping at the sight of Nazi soldiers parading through the streets of Marseilles in 1940. — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026 That’s when the party moves beyond the clubhouse, parading down the Canyon of Heroes and throughout the heart and soul of New York City. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026 There’s a bleak snowy field in Munich after the 1958 air disaster, a huge 1968 colour picture of a toothless Nobby Stiles parading the European Cup with his sidekick Paddy Crerand equally jubilant. — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Seleção fans essentially took over part of the American Dream mall next to MetLife Stadium and turned it into more of a Brazilian Carnival-like scene with samba dancers, drummers and fans parading down the shopping center. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 July 2026 Images of Merlin parading through Mexico City, wearing a Mexican national team jersey — and socks — as thousands of fans celebrated, quickly went viral, racking up millions of views across social media. — ABC News, 15 June 2026 Now Lestat has joined them, parading his vampirism to anyone who buys a ticket and drawing more and more ire from his law-abiding peers. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parading
  1. showing
  2. marching
  3. displaying
  4. display
  5. striding
  6. exhibiting
  7. flashing
  8. waving
Noun
  • Economic disapproval rose to 65%, the highest for any president CNBC has measured back to President Barack Obama, and one point higher than Biden's worst showing.
    — Steve Liesman, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Particularly compared to their disastrous performance a week ago against the Chicago Bears, this is a much better showing.
    — AJC.com, AJC.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of showing
Verb
  • But this month, the most violent demonstrations in years — and tough policing — have raised concern about riots overshadowing hundreds of thousands of peaceful demonstrators marching against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • State workers gathered in front of the California Department of Human Resources headquarters before marching to the state Capitol.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of marching
Verb
  • Property ownership records, government databases and certain court records can continue displaying details about you.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • When displaying, the Show 8's rectangular screen is a better fit for most streaming content than the HomeView's square screen.
    — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of displaying
Noun
  • The counter under the sushi display coolers has exposed wood.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The Edge builds on the Air by adding a display and standalone GPS for phone-free pace and route tracking.
    — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of display
Verb
  • Nina nodded and looked across the restaurant to watch two tall women, flight attendants, striding resolutely through the concourse, their legs in perfect rhythm.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Rossi is deeply inspired by Umberto Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, the Futurist sculpture of a figure striding forward, its body fragmented into aerodynamic forms that suggest speed and movement.
    — Alison S. Cohn, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of striding
Verb
  • The third argument that keeps landing is that the models are exhibiting agency.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Marketed at the time as the horror genre’s take on Robert Altman’s Hollywood meta-take The Player, New Nightmare featured the original’s actors and director as themselves, exhibiting varying levels of comfort with their cult fame.
    — Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of exhibiting
Verb
  • Around midnight, Bethune walked into the parking lot, where the men approached him in a gray 2026 Toyota Camry equipped with flashing blue and red lights, according to Fagan and Johnson’s arrest affidavits.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Markets are flashing alarm bells over the euro zone’s second-biggest economy.
    — Jenni Reid,Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of flashing
Verb
  • Many of those violet-clad, towel-waving fans packed Chase Center for a Game 4 watch party.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The cast members, if not running to de-wig and get into their next costume, can be seen dancing, waving and greeting others buried in that centre-stage circus.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of waving

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