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Recent Examples of footstep
Smith has since followed in his father's footsteps, making his own mark on the hip-hop as a DJ.
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Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
Smith has since followed in his father's footsteps, making his own mark on the hip-hop genre.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Walden still follows in Iger’s footsteps as a Disney TV executive who went on to run both film and television.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
Following in her mother's footsteps, Liza portrayed Gwen Hotchkiss Winthrop in the soap opera Passions from 1999 to 2008.
—Sarah Title, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
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Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
Smith has since followed in his father's footsteps, making his own mark on the hip-hop genre.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Walden still follows in Iger’s footsteps as a Disney TV executive who went on to run both film and television.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
Following in her mother's footsteps, Liza portrayed Gwen Hotchkiss Winthrop in the soap opera Passions from 1999 to 2008.
—Sarah Title, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for footstep
Noun
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While a lineup is still in progress, the scope of Ludlow’s ambition is formidable — the fest will ban fossil fuels from its footprint, and earned a strong vouch from the California Coastal Commission.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Compared to major defense contractors, that footprint is very small.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Without that key step, you can’t be classified as a true star; the presence of those fusion reactions, where hydrogen gets fused into helium, separates stars from all other heavenly bodies.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Feb. 2026
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The aircraft transitioned cleanly between modes, a step developers see as critical for scaling eVTOLs beyond short hops.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Footstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footstep. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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