step change

noun

chiefly British

: an important change in something

There has been a step change in our understanding of the problem.

Examples of step change in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Roland Brack, the company’s founder and owner, said the addition of Nomagic’s VLA systems marked a step change. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 July 2026

For advertisers and agencies worn down by years of incremental tooling, that is the difference between a feature and a step change. — Phoena Pang, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Lueneburg describes lithium systems as a step change in capability. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026

As astronomers gear up for this major step change in our understanding of the Kuiper Belt, answers to some of our most fundamental questions hang in the balance. — Becky Ferreira, Wired News, 11 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for step change

• arrange
• derange
• estrange
• exchange
• midrange
• grange
• mange
• range
• strange
• interchange
• rearrange