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Recent Examples of footstep
When the lawn experiences water stress the grass does not bounce back as quickly and your footsteps tend to linger.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
Dosio leaves behind two sons — Jeff and Blake — who followed in his footsteps in the vineyard business.
—Ryan Brennan
april 28, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Swift is following in the footsteps of actor Matthew McConaughey, who filed eight similar trademarks over the past several months to protect his famous Texan drawl and image.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2026
Officers said a family was at home asleep at the time of the invasion and was woken by the suspects' footsteps.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
Dosio leaves behind two sons — Jeff and Blake — who followed in his footsteps in the vineyard business.
—Ryan Brennan
april 28, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Swift is following in the footsteps of actor Matthew McConaughey, who filed eight similar trademarks over the past several months to protect his famous Texan drawl and image.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2026
Officers said a family was at home asleep at the time of the invasion and was woken by the suspects' footsteps.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for footstep
Noun
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Moscow is reducing the footprint of its foremost annual military parade amid a wave of Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russia.—
Mary Ilyushina,
Washington Post,
30 Apr. 2026
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Another source of excitement for Garcia is having the ability to reposition the visual and cultural footprint.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Clarify one expectation or next step.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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The lawsuit was updated as Kennedy took more steps that alarmed medical societies, causing the plaintiffs to ask Murphy to take steps to address those policy changes too.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Footstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footstep. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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