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have stepped

  • present perfect
    of step.
    step
    noun
    a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.

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“A lot of players have stepped up,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

"Since this weekend, our teams have taken immediate action to identify and remove listings linked to the looting, and we have stepped up monitoring of suspicious listings," it said.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Kazakhstan has imposed border checks, and Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have stepped up passenger monitoring for air traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

After years of limited actions, dozens of lawmakers are now touting new proposals to regulate artificial-intelligence models that have stepped up their capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

She should have stepped back, maybe, but she didn’t know what to do.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti