stepping down

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Alex Cole-Hamilton's party overturned a large SNP majority in Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, where former deputy first minister Kate Forbes was stepping down.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Witherow, who has been chief financial officer since the 2024 merger of Six Flags and Cedar Fair, is stepping down on Friday, the company said, adding that it has already identified several potential successors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

I was thinking that it’s different and a step up — not different and we’re stepping down.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

This week: Tim Cook announced he was stepping down as Apple’s CEO after 15 years.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026

After stepping down from that post in 2003, he started a company called B2K, with a division called Brickwork, which offers busy global executives their own personal assistant in India.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman