- present participle of sidestep.
sidestepping
Example Sentences
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It's a strategy that focuses on how apps are designed, not what is posted on them, essentially sidestepping the broad immunity internet sites enjoy in the US regarding content created by their users.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The dollar was also hit by the Fed chairman sidestepping questions about how he intends to achieve the 2% inflation target, Commerzbank’s Michael Pfister said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
But Terry Smith, sometimes called “the English Warren Buffett,” shocked his remaining fans this month by sidestepping that mantra.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Cerebras’ unusually large artificial-intelligence chips excel at running models at speed, while also sidestepping some of the networking and packaging required for connecting thousands of high-end processors from Nvidia or other chip makers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
Nonetheless, and sidestepping the details of Boccherini’s actual life, Mussolini decided in 1927 that the remains of an Italian-born composer of nearly two hundred years earlier should be dug up and brought back to Lucca.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
