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as in to leave
to give up (a job or office)
a newscaster who knew when it was time to step aside from the anchor desk and let a younger person take over
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as in to resign
to give up (as a position of authority) formally
the prime minister was compelled to step aside from his office when it was demonstrated that he had violated the public trust
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The actor is set to detail his April 2023 medical emergency, which left him hospitalized and sparked rumors and conspiracy theories on the cause of his health scare.DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Catherine and Stephen are playing things out together, from her first message left on his answering machine to her open-handed message lodged on his left cheek.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Nov. 2024
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Perhaps this is not the job for a billionaire, concedes Bezos (though without any apparent desire to resign).Chloe Berger, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
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Caught in the vortex of egos is Cardinal Lawrence (played by a sharp Ralph Fiennes), an Englishman who’d tried to resign recently from his post over his growing doubt about his beliefs, but who was charged by the late pope to lead the conclave anyway.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
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Their father died and their mother eventually relinquished parental rights.Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
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He’s relinquished almost all aspects of life to devices up to and including giving Gromit — Wallace’s eminently capable, permanently skeptical best friend — a pat on his head.Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024
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Trump administration officials believed that Maduro was close to abdicating the presidency, maybe even fleeing to Cuba.Zach Dorfman, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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In turn, the E.U. has repeatedly censured Hungary for abdicating its humanitarian responsibilities.Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
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This has been met with significant pushback from employees; one survey found that 73% of Amazon employees are considering quitting because of the mandate.Sanjay Sathe, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Harlin squabbled a lot, including with the producer David Nichols, who quit, as did the art director, Wolf Kroeger.Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Step aside (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/step%20aside%20%28from%29. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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