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as in flows
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
looking for a college course that he could just glide through
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as in flies
to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings
a kite gliding on the autumn breeze
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as in hovers
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
water striders gliding along the surface of the brook
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Recent Examples of glides
The gel texture glides on smoothly, lathers into a plush foam, and rinses clean without leaving skin feeling tight.
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Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 1 Jan. 2026
Infused with sodium hyaluronate, glycerin, and vitamin E, the formula glides onto the skin with ease.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2025
Wally somewhat anachronistically glides through the all-white club, able to garner sympathy from other players with a story about a rider skipping out on the fare and attacking him.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2025
Each ship glides across the water nearly silently, wind-powered, and outfitted with hybrid propulsion.
—Julie Jones, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
The Mary Tyler Moore Show and sublime network romantic comedy Broadcast News — especially when Albert Brooks glides through as Ella’s ascending boss and stands out as the only cast member who appears to have a firm grasp on what the filmmaker is going for.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
The tool also heats up lightning fast, glides through my hair, and never snags.
—Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
Each gloss glides on silky smooth, giving lips sheer-to-medium coverage with a buttery-soft feel.
—Nora Colomer
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Mars glides into Sagittarius, pushing us to chase our independence and embrace adventure.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glides
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Vera cautions that reactivating Venezuela’s economic growth will be a medium- to-long-term task, but that when the feeling of political change is real, everything flows better, and the feeling of opportunity in the country is real right now.—
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Then, as Venus and the sun move into Aquarius, communication flows more freely, making flirting fun again and conversations easier.—
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So instead, to keep costs down and power up, the Starcloud satellite flies what is known as a dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbit, circling the planet at a near vertical 83° angle that carries it over the poles and keeps it almost constantly exposed to the sun.—
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Across the canyon, flames leapt up the Paseo Miramar trail, still two miles away as the crow flies, but already too close to ignore.—
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Northwestern’s endowment hovers around $14 billion.—
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Dellos, the shelter's manager, said the waitlist hovers around 200 people.—
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So while snow drifts that mound up alongside a properly insulated house with siding shouldn't be a problem, snow against a door leading to the deck may leak.—
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Cafés spill into afternoon sunlight, window-shopping counts as cardio, and live music drifts out of an old pub.—
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Each space floats on local zapote wood pillars to avoid covering the ground, leaving most of the jungle intact.—
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Over half the resort floats to minimize land disruption, there are zero single-use plastics, and even their toilet paper is sourced with eco credentials.—
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Where National Geographic Endurance Sails Endurance often sails in icy waters, including those in the Arctic and around Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falkland Islands.—
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Orgon’s only ally is his domineering parade float of a mother, Madame Pernelle (the Bianca del Rio), who sails onto the stage in high dudgeon at the top of the play.—
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The seven-night Alaska Dawes Glacier itinerary on Celebrity Edge cruises round-trip from Seattle and visits Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, and Victoria, sailing through the scenic Endicott Arm and Inside Passage along the way.—
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While scramjets require a boost from rockets or jet engines to reach operating speed, the AFRL design imagines a sleigh that accelerates to hypersonic speed, sheds its boosters, and cruises efficiently across continents without destroying its crew.—
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The radiant will rest low on the northern horizon after sunset, but soars high overhead during the pre-dawn peak-viewing hours.—
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Deep in the Carrizo Gorge and high above the desert floor soars the Goat Canyon train trestle — the world’s largest such bridge made entirely of wood, the better to withstand the harsh conditions of the Jacumba Mountains.—
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“Glides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glides. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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