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 two-step process creates a ‘spread’ - seeking regular income while managing downside exposure.
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
The split of the company’s remaining automation and aerospace businesses in the second half of 2026 will complete the two-step makeover.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2025
Barker also teaches two-step classes at Crossroads Middle School and University Academy.
—Alexa Stone
updated October 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
Notice that this action in and of itself is suspicious from a Law-abiding perspective: If the same cash flows always have the same price, why should bundling or unbundling securities change value?
To initiate this divorce, 3Com adopted a two-step process.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
The split of the company’s remaining automation and aerospace businesses in the second half of 2026 will complete the two-step makeover.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2025
Barker also teaches two-step classes at Crossroads Middle School and University Academy.
—Alexa Stone
updated October 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
Notice that this action in and of itself is suspicious from a Law-abiding perspective: If the same cash flows always have the same price, why should bundling or unbundling securities change value?
To initiate this divorce, 3Com adopted a two-step process.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Two-step.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two-step. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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