stutter-stepped

past tense of stutter-step

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stutter-stepped
Verb
  • American businesses would pay 22% of the costs, foreign exporters would absorb 18% and 5% would be evaded, according to the Goldman Sachs analysis.
    Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The issue here, contrary to the Administration’s framing, is not that these individuals had previously evaded accountability for allegedly criminal activity.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And at many universities the process through which differences in institutional values are surfaced and reconciled is unclear, especially as AI initiatives have often sidestepped democratic faculty governance.
    Chris Wegemer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Roseman’s answer at the time sidestepped a question about a post-Darius Slay drop-off at CB2 that has since been exploited at times this season, but Mitchell and DeJean’s play has also justified Roseman’s confidence in them.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Philadelphia Eagles dodged the damage of playing fickle football for four weeks.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Leavitt, however, dodged questions if the federal layoffs could happen after the shutdown ends.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That, five centuries earlier, Leif Ericson slipped over to North America and established Vinland.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The Bills slipped last week to their division opponents and suffered their first loss of the season.
    Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Stutter-stepped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stutter-stepped. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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