step (along)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for step (along)
Verb
  • Melvin succeeded Hoda Kotb, who announced her plan to depart last year and had her last day on Friday.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
  • In this scenario, TikTok would die a slow death, as its technology degrades and its social fabric weakens with users departing for other platforms.
    Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Senate Republicans are moving ahead quickly on Hegseth’s nomination despite an affidavit from his former sister-in-law obtained by Senate Democrats that accuses him of having an alcohol problem and being abusive to his ex-wife Samantha Hegseth.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The snow is moving east Tuesday, and is affecting coastal areas all the way to the Florida Panhandle and southern Carolinas.
    Andrew Freedman, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Biden and first lady Jill Biden will exit the Capitol grounds by plane after the transfer of power and return to private life.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
  • But rather confusingly, this fracas appears to have been staged so that duo can exit their top-secret careers as globe-trotting clandestine agents, disappearing together into civilian life.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • He’s got quite a fastball and has some creativity to him.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Instead of taking a three-score lead in that game, the Lions failed to get a first down.
    Mike Sando, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • TikTok appears to be back online in the U.S. after going dark in the late hours of Saturday ahead of the looming Jan. 19 ban.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The 'simplest and clearest' answer for TikTok is a 'clean divestment,' research associate says Heritage Foundation senior research associate Daniel Cochrane discusses the future of TikTok as the ban goes into effect and President-elect Donald Trump considering a 90-day extension.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 19 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Businesses along Big Basin Way, which runs along what is technically Highway 9, make up the Saratoga Village, considered the city’s downtown.
    Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Tropical plants and sculptures are interspersed throughout the property, which runs along Biscayne Bay.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The latter group ultimately just couldn’t be bothered to get off their couches.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Next came the jersey campaign, although that got off to a rocky start in 2019 when the club placed an image of Jamaican singer Bob Marley on a shirt — and promptly received cease-and-desist letters from the late singer’s representatives.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Tsarukyan pulled out of the main event, where he was supposed to challenge Islam Makhachev for the UFC lightweight championship.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Several insurers have pulled out of California in recent years — and in these Los Angeles wildfires, the insured losses area on track to reach $30 billion or more.
    Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Step (along).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/step%20%28along%29. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.

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