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step

[step] / stɛp /


NOUN
one level of stairs
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"It is important that we continue to find meaningful ways to recognise and support them, and this record prize fund is a significant step in that direction."

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

Charities step in to help some people leave on chartered planes, as well as via long, excruciating journeys on overcrowded trains and buses.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

He also said his lifelong training in martial arts helped equip him to step in.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

But she’s also 82, and I don’t think it’s unreasonable for her children to know enough about her finances to step in if something happens to her.

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

“Every step you take, Elizabeth, you are nearer to the farm, nearer to food and a warm bed,” she would say.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Jenner was elected by Reform MSs in a meeting on Monday, and was unveiled by UK party leader Nigel Farage on the Senedd steps.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

Segev said the company has its “sights on going public” and is taking steps to ensure IPO readiness, but emphasized there is little immediate urgency.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

And the progress that Martin made, we see him maybe take a few steps back in the way that he interacts with people.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

Next steps: It may feel morbid to plan for life as a widow or widower, but smart advance tax-planning strategies mean facing the “what-ifs.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

The door opens and Mom steps back in.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

With Nacua out, veteran Davante Adams stepped up and caught eight passes for 195 yards and two touchdowns.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

Much of Novo’s board resigned last fall, and influential leaders like Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, who led development of semaglutide, have since stepped down.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

A fresh cohort of famous faces – including actress Melanie Walters and former England footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips – also stepped onto the ballroom floor for the first time.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

The president had appointed investor David Sacks as his AI and crypto czar before the businessman stepped down from that role to become co-chair of the president’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

I kept asking questions, and she was only too happy to keep talking, hardly taking a breath until we stepped off the trolley at the corner of Hollywood and Vine.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

When MS NOW heads to Arlington, Texas, on Saturday, Sept. 26, for “MS NOW Live: Together in Texas,” host Chris Hayes will be stepping into an environment he finds both familiar and necessary.

From Salon Sep. 22, 2026

Buffett is stepping down at a time when Berkshire has raised eyebrows for its slumping stock price and a roughly $365 billion mountain of cash it held by the end of the second quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

Some states are stepping in to address the issue.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

Matan Segal directed Kick It Out Israel, an anti-discrimination initiative with similar aims but no link to the English organisation of the same name, for almost four years before stepping down a few months ago.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Now she was stepping around her chamber pot.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck




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