1
: a ballroom dance in ²/₄ or ⁴/₄ time having a basic pattern of step-close-step
2
: a piece of music for the two-step
two-step
intransitive verb
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The enlarged Skydance would then acquire Paramount Global, which is publicly traded, in a two-step process.
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
Under Cunningham, Amherst instituted a two-step hiring process, intended to root out implicit bias: one committee chose candidates and another asked the applicants a uniform set of questions.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
Team Redstone is known to be in discussions with David Ellison’s Skydance Media on a partnership that would ultimately bring together Paramount Global, Skydance and Redstone’s National Amusements Inc. holding company in what has been described as a complicated two-step transaction.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
See Our Guide New Braunfels, Texas For a taste of the Texas Hill Country
Stop over in Gruene, a historic district on the Austin-side of New Braunfels, and try out the two-step at Greune Hall, Texas' oldest dance hall.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
But Kelly also said the two-step controversy centered on five incidents over five years and that the way the episodes have been reported has given the impression the incidents were more widespread.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
The research, from February of 2024, was done through an online panel survey of 3,000 adults of various ages, genders and geographical locations, as well as a two-step process of both stratified sampling and post-stratification weighting.
—Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Mar. 2024
Trouble Funk’s near-midnight set was an opportunity to get loose, for sure, but also to witness young ravers in leather trench coats tentatively learning how to two-step while the band pummeled the air with local anthems that were older than nearly the entirety of their audience.
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024
The two-step plan passed in January extends funding through Friday for parts of the federal government, including military construction and the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation and Energy.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
Under Cunningham, Amherst instituted a two-step hiring process, intended to root out implicit bias: one committee chose candidates and another asked the applicants a uniform set of questions.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
Team Redstone is known to be in discussions with David Ellison’s Skydance Media on a partnership that would ultimately bring together Paramount Global, Skydance and Redstone’s National Amusements Inc. holding company in what has been described as a complicated two-step transaction.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
See Our Guide New Braunfels, Texas For a taste of the Texas Hill Country
Stop over in Gruene, a historic district on the Austin-side of New Braunfels, and try out the two-step at Greune Hall, Texas' oldest dance hall.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
But Kelly also said the two-step controversy centered on five incidents over five years and that the way the episodes have been reported has given the impression the incidents were more widespread.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
The research, from February of 2024, was done through an online panel survey of 3,000 adults of various ages, genders and geographical locations, as well as a two-step process of both stratified sampling and post-stratification weighting.
—Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Mar. 2024
Trouble Funk’s near-midnight set was an opportunity to get loose, for sure, but also to witness young ravers in leather trench coats tentatively learning how to two-step while the band pummeled the air with local anthems that were older than nearly the entirety of their audience.
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024
The two-step plan passed in January extends funding through Friday for parts of the federal government, including military construction and the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation and Energy.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
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“Two-step.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two-step. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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