Thesaurus results for STEPS IN

steps in

verb

present tense third-person singular of step in

as in visits

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

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as in substitutes

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 steps in The developers will next prepare construction drawings and take other steps in anticipation of breaking ground in about two years. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 Finding The Right Agentic Approach We're building toward a workflow where the buyer sets the goal and the system runs the steps in between. — Phoena Pang, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 The differing accounts underscore a significant gap between how the US and Iran are describing the next steps in negotiations. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 15 June 2026 That’s where AcePDF Converter & Editor steps in. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 8 June 2026 The Manitou Incline, located at the base of Pikes Peak, gains 2,000 feet of elevation over 2,768 steps in less than a mile. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 25 May 2026 Washington — The Senate is returning to Washington on Monday from a week-long recess as Republicans prepare to take the next steps in their plan to fund immigration agencies under the Department of Homeland Security without help from Democrats. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 May 2026 This is among the first steps in characterizing the quality of a particular cacao. — Ari Daniel, NPR, 10 May 2026 The daughter of Nicole Kidman and country musician Keith Urban stepped onto the Met steps in a milestone moment for both the fashion world and her family. — Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 4 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for steps in

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At the end of the first season, when Rhaenyra’s son Lucerys visits Storm’s End to petition House Baratheon to join their cause, he and Alicent’s second son, Aemond, trade barbs.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Breakthrough has relationships with several schools in the area and regularly visits schools to present its program to area fourth graders, Cox said.

— Austin Horn July 1, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

Definition of visits

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Another way to say this is that, in place of the extensive self-announcements Plato allows his characters, Rochester substitutes his own summary judgements, his sarcastic imitations.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Finally, because Helms-Burton gave presidents power to block these suits, the majority concluded that this mechanism substitutes for the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act rather than coexisting with it.

— Manuel A. Gómez, The Conversation, 25 June 2026

Definition of substitutes

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Most don’t run that long in the first place, and ones that do often have films that suffer significant drops in quality.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
In addition to ground units, air rescue teams were called in to perform water drops in an effort to control the fast-moving flames.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 15 June 2026

Definition of drops in

Verb

Yet 37 years later that is the precise description of what stands in this room tonight.

— Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Even if Morocco may be the only surviving CAF squad to have a realistic shot at continuing on through mid-July, the conference’s success stands in stark contrast to the state of the Asian game.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of stands in

Verb

If travel, study, or a larger goal calls, align the timing and budget before moving forward.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026
Those grants, up to $600,000 and awarded on a competitive basis, will be doled out through what a budget trailer bill calls the Pathways to Bilingual Teaching Program.

— Charlie Borla, Oc Register, 9 July 2026