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step

[step] / stɛp /


NOUN
one level of stairs
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"Every time I step over the white line, it's always a phenomenal feeling to be able to say, 'This is my life.'"

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

"This is an important next step in bringing competition and growth to the market for international rail services," said Martin Jones, deputy director of access and international at the ORR.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

They found small but meaningful age-related differences in how the ankle and nearby muscles manage each step.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

“I’m not going to be blind here. We are in the middle of a recovery, and this is one chapter. It’s a mega step, no doubt, but there’s many more mega steps to come.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

With his other hand, Ben pushes aside leafy branches blocking our gravel path, and we step into a grassy clearing.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The team says the findings support taking immediate steps to address access to sodium nitrite and the circulation of harmful information online.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

She calls them "small steps on the long road".

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

A more expensive method that requires multiple steps.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

A growing number of countries are taking steps to restrict social media access amid multiplying warnings over its harmful effects on children.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

And so the little procession filed up the steps to Tante Jans’s rooms.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

As they retreated from music into grief, their Uncle Bob stepped in to help them finish what his brother Cecil had started — the Womack Sisters’ first album.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

It had looked like Real Madrid would be his next destination but La Liga rivals Barcelona stepped up their efforts to complete the signing in recent days.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

“Well, you stepped right in front of the CNO.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

On Thursday, Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser stepped down to “pursue other opportunities” after a transition period.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

As Betsie and I stepped out with Father between us, a murmur of horror greeted the sight of “Haarlem’s Grand Old Man” being led to prison.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Good morning, I’m Allison Pohle, a workplace reporter for the Journal’s corporate team, stepping in to write today’s CEO Brief.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

She joined the long-running magazine show Ski Sunday team as a regular contributor and feature presenter before stepping up as its lead co-presenter alongside Ed Leigh in 2021.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Next up, Reynolds is stepping behind the camera to direct her debut feature, “Dog Person,” which she also wrote and will star in alongside Hugh Bonneville and James Norton.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

But he then reportedly quickly left the plane, stepping inside one of the cargo containers, to board a smaller US Air Force aircraft positioned nearby.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

You approach, stepping around people your age spread out on blankets or sitting on the grass.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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