stepped out

past tense of step out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stepped out Lawrence, 36, recently stepped out in these exact mules, and they’re nearly sold out. — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026 Hong Kong — One of China’s most important - and mysterious - security officials has stepped out of the shadows and been identified, thanks in part to a guest list published by the White House. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026 So, Bobrovsky stepped out onto the ice and stood by the benches while McKenna took his rookie lap. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Several of Machado’s family members stepped out as the prosecutor detailed the killings. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026 Spatola stepped out of fatigues and back on to the hardwood as an assistant coach for Duke basketball between 2007 and 2012. — David K. Li, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2026 The couple stepped out for the opening night of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles on September 19. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026 The actress stepped out in an all-black lace and tulle ensemble in New York on Monday. — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepped out
Verb
  • Scarlett Johansson sued you over that, alleging that Disney cheated her out of box office upside.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
  • OpenAI revealed that the Hugging Face hack wasn't the only time its bots had lied, cheated, and hidden its tracks from humans.
    — David Pogue, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Instead, three of those whales have died, along with another Shedd whale that did not come from Marineland.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • This was a place that had died, a place where life no longer existed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Researchers mixed ice with cellulose nanocrystals, extremely small, stiff particles made from cellulose.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Beyond’s sound and look, which mixed international rock influences with a Hong Kong that was changing fast through the 1980s and early 1990s, became bound up with a generation of young fans.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Vines are pulled away from fences, and sometimes trees are even felled.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Shiny bustier dresses mingled with slipdresses decked in sequins mimicking python skin and tank frocks that had the ease of a beach robe, while high-slit skirts cut on the bias were paired with mannish white shirts.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The scent of café de olla mingled with the aromas of tamales, soups and stews as the chatter in the restaurant grew louder.
    — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Essential California checked out the trials, tested airport counters, walked through the terminal’s new gates and conversed with excited passengers looking forward to their next flight out of Burbank.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Staff described students as often seeming physically and mentally worn down and checked out.
    — Crystal Cederna, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • SpaceX says this removes potential failure points associated with a separate hydraulic system and with running out of hydraulic fluid.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Very strong El Niño events has been associated with floods and famine in the past.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Pries’s suggestion, known as the inverse Galois problem, was inspired by the work of the 19th-century French mathematician Évariste Galois, who perished after he was wounded in a gun duel at age 20.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
  • As a result, more people have now died of environmental illnesses that followed the September 11 attacks than perished during the collapse of the towers that day.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

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“Stepped out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepped%20out. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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