Thesaurus results for STEPPING IN

stepping in

verb

present participle of step in

as in visiting

to make a brief visit I just stepped in to say hi on my way to class

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as in standing in

to serve as a replacement usually for a time only couldn't find anyone to step in for me so that I could take a break from my caregiving duties

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Recent Examples of stepping in In my experience, most account management teams operate reactively, stepping in only when a customer submits a support ticket or threatens to churn. — Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 South Korea, too, is stepping in to fill the gap in Western inventories. — Chris Oberoi, Fortune, 24 June 2026 With David ultimately stepping in as director, his family saw it through. — ABC News, 20 May 2026 As travelers across the country look for low-cost flights following the shuttering of Spirit Airlines, one airline is stepping in to fill the void in the Pittsburgh area. — Patrick Damp, CBS News, 20 May 2026 Tell me about Cineverse stepping in to re-release Pan’s Labyrinth. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 May 2026 The sector boomed in the years after the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, with private credit funds and other alternative investment vehicles stepping in to fill the lending gap created by the withdrawal of investment banks from riskier parts of the debt market. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 6 May 2026 Jonathan Groff was the original star of a production that had many top-tier talents stepping in at different phases of the production’s elaborate run. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026 Robertson grounds both versions of Niall in a sad-eyed misery, with Bell stepping in and giving the character grace notes of humor that don’t always seem to fit the story. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepping in

Verb

Details about the funeral arrangements for Nolan Wells, the teen who was found dead on July 6 after visiting Horn Island, Mississippi, have been released.

— Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026
Next to the baggage claim, Pissenem’s chauffeurs held up iPhones for the visiting DJs who’d flown commercial.

— Max Marshall, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026

Definition of visiting

Verb

Moments later the Tesla Model 3 raced down a residential street in Katy, Texas, at highway speeds, slammed into a brick home and killed a 76-year-old woman standing in the front room.

— Bernard Condon, Fortune, 16 July 2026
But the Ukrainians are still confidently inside the town center, with the General Staff posting a video of one officer casually standing in Victory Square in November.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Definition of standing in

Verb

That pitch has already landed early customers like workspace platform Notion and AI customer‑service startup Decagon, where Aiden is running in production.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Vantrack plans to reveal the production Lightcamp van in September and will show it at the Netherlands' big Camper Trade Fair in Utrecht, running in late September/early October.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 July 2026

Definition of running in

Verb

In the early days of the republic, there were many radicals and reformers who shared my suspicion that patriotism was an evasion, substituting songs and speeches about liberty for the reality.

— Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026
Run an empty load with hot water, substituting white vinegar for detergent.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 June 2026

Definition of substituting

Verb

The German fell to the ground and clutched his right knee in pain, with Sinner coming over to check on his opponent before helping Zverev up off the grass.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 July 2026
Popular drag performer Trixie Mattel has signed with CAA for representation, except in audio work, after coming over from UTA.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026

Definition of coming over

Verb

For this week’s Infinite Scroll column, Brady Brickner-Wood is filling in for Kyle Chayka.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
Today, when leaders are rarely seen or heard, more people are filling in silence with assumptions and absence can quickly be interpreted as avoidance.

— Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of filling in

Verb

While the world’s oceans have generally been heating up, one patch of the Atlantic located south of Greenland has been dropping in temperature.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 22 June 2026
And then, her par putt on 18 – measured at 2 feet, 10 inches – spun tantalizingly around the rim of the cup before dropping in and ending the suspense.

— Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 8 June 2026

Definition of dropping in

Verb

Livia Chanes had been CEO for Nubank Brazil and is now taking over all of Latin America, which accounts for the bulk of the digital bank's business.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Gill also reiterated that HSA had attempted to pay for utility services after taking over the hospitals but said the city insisted the company first pay Steward’s outstanding balances.

— Verónica Egui Brito July 16, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026