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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stutter-steps
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Experts who spoke to Flow Space are hopeful that these new approvals will provide the necessary tools to treat a disease that evades treatment by constantly mutating.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
16 Dec. 2025 -
In the film, Sea-Based X-Band Radar detects a missile flying across the Pacific Ocean toward Chicago that later evades interception.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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At the time, the company was trying to break into the lottery ticket courier business, which sidesteps state laws prohibiting online gaming by taking lottery orders via a phone app, and then dispatching a courier to purchase tickets in-person at licensed retailers.—
Eric Dexheimer,
Houston Chronicle,
30 Jan. 2026
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The process sidesteps the need for most users to provide identifiable information like a driver’s license, one of the main criticisms of age verification technologies due to privacy and security risks.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Stutter-steps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stutter-steps. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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