1
as in suffuses
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
grew up steeped in the ways of his ancestors a town steeped in history
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2
as in soaks
to wet thoroughly with liquid
chew fresh ginger that has been steeped in hot water to aid digestion
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Noun
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Remove the economic cliffs that prohibit people from climbing the ladder of success without the risk of losing public resources.—
Len Fasano,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2025 -
Red and brown cliffs, varnished by thousands of years of high-desert weather, towered on either side of me.—
Derek M. Norman,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2025
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The strongest winds and driest conditions are expected across the foothills and portions of the adjacent mountains, where a Red Flag Warning is in effect.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2025
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Choosing your own route through the mountains reinjects some of that uncertainty—the possibility of prediction error—into the experience.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Steeps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steeps. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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