variants
or step downs
also stepdowns
as in drops
the amount by which something is lessened
took a huge step-down in income when she switched from a law career to one in social work
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Recent Examples of step-downs
Recent Bureau of Labor Statistics revisions show a sharp slowdown in payroll growth in the second quarter of 2025, with the biggest step-downs in low-wage industries such as retail, wholesale, leisure, and hospitality.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for step-downs
Noun
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There are circumstances under which the FIA’s regulations require unserved time penalties to be converted into grid drops for the next race.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Trust is gained in drops and lost in buckets, and Adams has emptied the bucket.—
John Foley,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Markets with the biggest influx of new apartments tended to post the largest price declines, according to Chen.—
David McMillin,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, Tesla’s core EV business has faced headwinds in 2025, including large market-cap declines and profitability pressure that have sharpened scrutiny of whether Optimus can deliver commercial returns at scale.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Owen noted other cities that have implemented microchip requirements have seen an improvement in return-to-owner rates, reductions in shelter intake and a drop in euthanasia rates.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Sep. 2025
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Namely, that’s through drastic reductions to SNAP food assistance benefits, which are used at more than double the rate in the 37208 ZIP code compared to the city’s usage overall.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Phia also reported 500,000 people now use its app and browser extension, which launched in April, to calculate items' resale value, condense product details and track price decreases for billions of fashion pieces, including millions of secondhand items.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston unveiled a budget Monday proposing the city’s largest spending cuts in over a decade — apart from decreases during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
16 Sep. 2025
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With Sandals Ocho Rios, Sandals Dunn’s River, and Sandals Royal Plantation, the highlight is a catamaran cruise that ends with the island’s most famous falls.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
27 Sep. 2025
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Among those over 85, the cohort at highest risk, death rates from falls jumped to 339 per 100,000 in 2023, from 92 per 100,000 in 1990.—
Paula Span,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Step-downs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/step-downs. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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