RIDER Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

rider

noun

Definition of rider

as in documentation

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Recent Examples of rider British rider Matthew Brennan won his second sprint of the Vuelta a España on stage five, finishing off an expert leadout from his Visma-Lease a Bike team. — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Helicopter footage captured by local CBS and NBC affiliates showed the blue motorcycle speeding on surface streets, with the rider wearing a mask and often appearing to be talking on his phone, and at least once, standing up on his bike. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Stephen Hunt, chief development officer for VRT, told the council that virtually every rider complaint from long waits at the Senior Center to circuitous routes traced back to a lack of funding rather than mismanagement. — Noah Daly august 20, Idaho Statesman, 20 Aug. 2026 Haverhill Police Officer James Pearl and Pastor Mark Rivera speak with an e-bike rider. — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rider

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The vulnerability occurs when a coding agent with permission to run shell commands treats the file as authoritative setup documentation.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
At the same time, medical action starts the documentation process.

— Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of documentation

Noun

The adventures of Addison’s titular shilling include being hoarded, offered as a bribe, and sent as an insulting accompaniment to a letter disinheriting a son.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
Pasta salad, potato salad, or other summer vegetable dishes also make perfect accompaniments.

— Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2026

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With key draft additions filling secondary gaps alongside veteran pass rushers upfront, even a middle-of-the-pack defensive performance would drastically change Dallas' game-to-game outlook.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
The addition of Victory+ had been designed in part to accommodate the NWSL’s growing inventory after expansion to 16 teams increased the regular-season schedule from 182 matches in 2025 to 240 this year.

— Asli Pelit, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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