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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stutter-stepped
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On the phone, my friend Monika is telling me about a lost dog in her Salt Lake City neighborhood, a blue heeler who’s been seen limping and has evaded capture.
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Russia intercepts most Ukrainian long-range drones but some have evaded Russian air defenses.
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Ocasio-Cortez notably sidestepped Platner’s candidacy in Maine even as other progressives defended him from the controversy surrounding his infidelity and old social media posts.
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The Booksmart actress sidestepped questions about the PDA pictures in a June 2025 interview with Vanity Fair.
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Congress has long dodged any Social Security reforms that would cut benefits, hike taxes, or do both.
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Newsom's counter proposal calls for a federal minimum tax rate on Americans worth more than $100 million, rather than a state level one-time 5% wealth tax that the governor argues could be dodged by billionaires who could leave the state for another.
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On Tuesday, French Open champion Alexander Zverev slipped worryingly on the baseline but was able to get straight back up.
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The employment-to-population ratio slipped to 59% in June, the lowest since October 2021.
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“Stutter-stepped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stutter-stepped. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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