Example Sentences

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The researchers fabricated two samples of the hybrid graphene structure by first exfoliating graphene layers from a block of graphite, then using optical tools to identify five-layered flakes in the steplike configuration.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024

It transformed an abrupt, steplike change in chemical composition into a more gradual curve.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 17, 2016

Terraces, or steplike ridges constructed on mountain slopes, helped the soil retain water and prevented its being washed downhill in heavy rains.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

As other muons intercept the path at different angles, forming new trails, the electrons follow a jagged, steplike route to the ground.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her urgent need was to figure out how to get past the nest, using its important handhold, and to the steplike rock protrusions that would be the means of her final ascent to the top.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry