sidestep
Example Sentences
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The “divisive matter of race,” the authors write, “which the founding fathers had tried to sidestep, would emerge as the seminal issue during the next fifty years.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The panel, though, says it would like to see the academy sidestep its usual voting habits and honor some genre work as well.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
But quibbling over individual op-eds let him sidestep some uncomfortable introspection.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
Yet, until now, tech companies have been able to sidestep responsibility for the pain they have wrought on families across the country.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
I release the chair back and sidestep it to sit down.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
Vocabulary lists containing sidestep
