Example Sentences

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The group said in a post on X that it will be stepping up patrols until the suspect is found.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The next head of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, will be stepping into a job made considerably harder by this week’s inflation data.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Additionally, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen will be stepping down from the role after 18 years, according to a company press release.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

On Walmart’s latest earnings call, an analyst asked if the company’s leadership succession—Chief Executive Doug McMillon will be stepping down next month—signals another phase of spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

In another two million years, geologists like to joke, Yellowstone will be producing French fries for McDonald’s, and the people of Billings, Montana, will be stepping around geysers.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson