tiptoeing

verb

present participle of tiptoe
as in padding

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiptoeing
  1. padding
  2. creeping
  3. inching
  4. crawling
  5. edging
  6. sneaking
  7. ghosting
  8. slinking
Verb
  • The professors were bitter and angry—angry at a university, a state, and a country where their fields of study were regarded as obsolete, useful only for padding the schedules of STEM students or as a backstop for STEM burnouts.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Perhaps this isn’t new—Star Wars has been taking small moments from the original trilogy and padding them out for decades now—almost everything seen on screen in those first three films has been resurrected, fleshed out with backstories and unnecessary details.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Definition of padding
Verb
  • Costs begin creeping higher, margins get a little tighter and profitability comes under pressure.
    — Amy Powell, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • About 1 million 16-to-24-year-olds now find themselves not in employment, education or training, with levels creeping toward highs not seen since the 2008 financial crash.
    — Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 29 June 2026
Definition of creeping
Verb
  • Southern California could be inching closer to the kind of major earthquake scientists have long expected, according to new research showing stress continues to build along two of the state’s most dangerous fault systems.
    — Velvet Wu July 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026
  • Peace talks between the two countries are still inching along, with one of the key points up for discussion being how to regulate the flow of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 1 July 2026
Definition of inching
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  • The Germans were crawling as far as the street, dashing across the asphalt, then leaping into the second trench.
    — Vasily Grossman, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Jude Cornell joined a swarm of toddlers crawling after soccer balls, tossing training cones into the air and relocating a goalie net that was proving to be very, very portable.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
Definition of crawling
Verb
  • So maybe the women’s game is edging its way into the UK mainstream after all.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • England has been far from its best but still won Group L, before edging past DR Congo 2-1 in the Round of 32 thanks to a crucial late brace from captain Harry Kane.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of edging
Verb
  • Just a few weeks into the war, one of the Persian Gulf’s top oil producers quietly began sneaking its crude out of the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • But neither those measures nor Friday’s sizzling temperatures stopped fans from gathering in hopes of sneaking a peak at their longtime idol and sending Swift their well wishes.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of sneaking
Verb
  • The more often people talk about ghosting, the more people seem to ghost.
    — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Definition of ghosting
Verb
  • Once the performers appear, slinking in from the sides of the stage, the show firmly takes shape and eases smoothly from one episode from the Gospels to the next.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
  • In the official teaser, Lowen is slinking around the Crawford family house wearing a silk robe while Verity is fast asleep in bed.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
Definition of slinking
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