stepped down (from)

past tense of step down (from)
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to give up (a job or office) with the advent of his 90th birthday, he could no longer resist calls for him to step down from chairmanship of the board

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Verb
  • The same weekend, King resigned and Dudek, who was at home in his underwear watching MSNBC, got an email stating that the president of the United States had appointed him commissioner.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigned on Sunday, bowing to internal party pressure after a poor performance in July legislative elections.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • Communist Party leaders dismissed the Tibetan leader’s Strasbourg proposal in 1988, in which the Dalai Lama relinquished the demand for full independence and instead proposed genuine autonomy for Tibet under Chinese sovereignty.
    Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
  • She had been relinquished by her owner to another shelter for chronically attacking her own tail.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Why had Congress abdicated its power to set tariffs?
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • In the wake of this violence, California’s feckless Democrat leaders have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect their citizens.
    Tara Suter, The Hill, 8 June 2025
Verb
  • This back-to-school season, PEOPLE spoke to Shelly Gates, a Mississippi mom who quit her job as an elementary school teacher to design dorm rooms full-time.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • In the rivalry game at CSU-Pueblo, the Cyclones took an 18-7 lead into halftime, but the Hornets didn’t quit.
    Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Stepped down (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepped%20down%20%28from%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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