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doorstep

[dawr-step, dohr-] / ˈdɔrˌstɛp, ˈdoʊr- /
NOUN
step
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He says on the doorstep, voters are telling him "they're fed up with the crime, disorder. This borough is crime-ridden. It's soaked in crime."

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

It’s a career-making night in New York City that puts an American on the doorstep of a long-awaited title.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Not like he does now, on the doorstep of his fifth season as the Trojans coach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Tourists hauled their suitcases over the doorstep into the fray, fresh off a flight or rushing to make one, if only they could get one last chicken finger first.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

I put the boxes on the doorstep with the note and leave.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

Both parties found voters on the doorsteps who disliked the government and detested the prime minister.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

Then powered by a glazed doughnut and extra-large energy drink, he zips around driveways in northern New Jersey and nearby New York, ringing doorbells, photographing doorsteps and hauling away the physical aftermath of holiday optimism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025

"Thousands of everyday household essentials and fresh grocery items can now arrive at customers' doorsteps in minutes," Amazon said in an online post.

From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025

The group has put child care workers who are not leaving their homes in touch with an organization called Food Justice DMV that is delivering meals to their doorsteps.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2025

They defecate on doorsteps, in rivers and lakes, their own or anyone else’s.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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