sneakers

NOUN

running shoe

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cleat footwear shoe tennis shoe

STRONG

footgear sneak

WEAK

basketball shoe gym shoe hightop rubber-soled shoe

Example Sentences

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Then picture adding sugar cane soles, calling them eco-friendly sneakers, becoming a Silicon Valley status symbol, and going public in 2021 with a market value that briefly topped $4 billion.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Those 1990s light-up sneakers were ahead of their time, and hyperscale cloud computing for model training and inference workloads would be the perfect follow-up.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

But a note to investors in the company known for its eco-friendly wool sneakers: Markets tend to sober up eventually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Demand in China has been wobbly, and the company has been trying to sell off piles of unwanted casual sneakers, like Dunks and Air Force 1s.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Michael looked down at his sneakers like he was seeing them for the first time.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly