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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stutter-stepped
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During his time in the White House, Ford started a program granting amnesty to some men who had evaded the draft during the Vietnam War in exchange for 24 months of public service.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
4 Jan. 2025 -
Players gathered around the visitor’s dugout, where coach Jim Mora accepted the trophy, and took in the moment, embracing a feeling that has evaded the program for some time.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
28 Dec. 2024
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Bell sidestepped whether the plaintiffs will prevail in the case.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
18 Dec. 2024
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Some are pointing at Turkey, which allegedly sidestepped the Astana peace process and went behind Russia’s back to sponsor the HTS rebel offensive that overran Damascus last weekend.—
Fred Weir,
The Christian Science Monitor,
11 Dec. 2024
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Hospitals dodged the most substantial efforts in the year-end spending package to reform their industry, but advocates say the door has at least been cracked opened by a limited measure on outpatient billing.—
Peter Sullivan,
Axios,
18 Dec. 2024
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That’s not the only bullet dodged by the Blue Jackets on their back end.—
Aaron Portzline,
The Athletic,
18 Dec. 2024
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The city slipped into a recession, and things got harder.—
Dodai Stewart,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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The movie slipped to fifth, third, and sixth ranks in the following weeks.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Stutter-stepped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stutter-stepped. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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