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sidestep

[sahyd-step] / ˈsaɪdˌstɛp /


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However, low-volatility names managed to sidestep this latest move lower.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

It seemed like a perfect way to sidestep a crash in crypto and pivot to the hottest thing on Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The move appears to be an attempt to sidestep U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

When asked if she would run for president in the 2028 elections after being shown polling reflecting her popularity as a potential candidate, Ocasio-Cortez chuckled and tried to sidestep a direct answer.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

My mother never speaks to me, but sometimes I sidestep along the beach until I pick up radio stations in Key West.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

But the film sidesteps the fact that Liam spent the mourning period criticising his brother for his failure to appear at charity shows supporting the survivors.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

But while the settlement sidesteps any admission of wrongdoing by the company, it does compel Meta to combat problems few parents knew existed, in terms far starker than those it has articulated before.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

And since it never quotes the book directly, it sidesteps a lot of copyright headaches.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

When a leader consistently sidesteps tension and doesn’t model what it looks like to receive a hard truth, the team reads the signal: Disagreement is not safe here.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

He took a few sidesteps, like one wrestler circling another, except that he was thirty feet away; the maneuver was ridiculous.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

Asked whether he stood with backlash, Hilton sidestepped, emphasizing how much he himself loves Los Angeles and intends to "revive" it.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

For months, investors remained so fixated on earnings that AI stocks mostly sidestepped the pain felt by shares of small-capitalization companies and other more interest-rate-sensitive names.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026

Zuffa Boxing chief Dana White largely sidestepped that question afterwards.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Some risks can be largely sidestepped: choosing not to build on an earthquake fault line, for example, or in flood plains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Too quickly, he sidestepped a confused-looking Fahim and made his way to the back of the worship hall and the halls that led into the rest of the temple.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

But many individuals, couples and families will be sidestepping that dining-room exercise and instead heading to the hills, forests, deserts and beaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

The model sought access to a health statistics portal in June, sidestepping restrictions to breach a section hosting private files.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

Stocktwits’ Howard Lindzon talks to MarketWatch about sidestepping a chip selloff, where he sees opportunity and the “degenerate economy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

SpaceX would like to make it a much bigger business in the future via its plans for orbital data centers, sidestepping the limitations of land and power which are posing increasing obstacles for terrestrial facilities.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

The other teams did it the regular way, sort of, sidestepping and waiting for the runner to hand them the stick before taking off.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds


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