Examples of by step in a Sentence
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In between, the story of the Wide Awakes of 1860 helps explain how politics can evolve, step by step, into violence.
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Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Each bottle is numbered by step as a visual application guide.
—Kate Watson, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
And not only trip by trip but flight by flight, almost step by step, a lifetime’s incremental changes made flesh, time-lapsed.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
Elordi slides down the stairs on his side, crawls down the steps, and at one point, scoots down the small flight of stairs step by step.
—USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
The end result sounds wild on its own, but broken down step by step the scam did include the kinds of convincing details that frequently trick people.
—Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
For example, people have found that asking models to explain its reasoning step by step—a technique called chain-of-thought—improved their performance on a range of math and logic questions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Mar. 2024
Step by step over the last 37 months, Team Biden limited China’s access to cutting-edge technology.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
But step by step, with international support, but also with support inside the industry here, things got moving again.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024
Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Each bottle is numbered by step as a visual application guide.
—Kate Watson, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
And not only trip by trip but flight by flight, almost step by step, a lifetime’s incremental changes made flesh, time-lapsed.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
Elordi slides down the stairs on his side, crawls down the steps, and at one point, scoots down the small flight of stairs step by step.
—USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
The end result sounds wild on its own, but broken down step by step the scam did include the kinds of convincing details that frequently trick people.
—Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
For example, people have found that asking models to explain its reasoning step by step—a technique called chain-of-thought—improved their performance on a range of math and logic questions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Mar. 2024
Step by step over the last 37 months, Team Biden limited China’s access to cutting-edge technology.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
But step by step, with international support, but also with support inside the industry here, things got moving again.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024
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“By step.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20step. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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