step-downs

variants or step downs also stepdowns
plural of step-down

Example Sentences

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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. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for step-downs
Noun
  • New additives like preservatives, flavorings and vitamins were infused into them, and they were packaged in novel ways to withstand hard helicopter drops, wet beach landings and days at the bottom of rucksacks.
    Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Drag performance, with its abundance of wigs, campy makeup and death drops, is ready-made for Halloween.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Deaths worldwide have generally been shifting away from infectious disease, with sharp declines in deaths from measles, diarrheal diseases and tuberculosis, according to IHME.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Attendance post-pandemic has risen after years and years of declines.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Administration has also issued reductions in force at agencies such as the Treasury Department and Health and Human Services, firing more than four thousand workers—an unprecedented action during a shutdown.
    Emma Green, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The job reductions are scattered throughout NBC News.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Plus, future Fed rate decreases are already priced into the Treasury curve.
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Accompanying decreases in oxygen consumption are estimated at 20% and 39%, respectively.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • High bone density may reduce the risk of fractures, especially in older adults, for whom even minor falls can lead to serious injuries.
    Lauren Manaker MS, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2025
  • More than 400 people have died while attempting to reach the summit of the mountain, due to avalanches, falls, exposure, frostbite, or other health problems related to the extreme conditions.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Step-downs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/step-downs. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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