as in reduction
the amount by which something is lessened
took a huge step-down in income when she switched from a law career to one in social work
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Recent Examples of step-down
The step-down living room features a large bay window and Batchelder tile fireplace.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2025
The step-down great room has one of the home’s five fireplaces and French doors that open out to the backyard’s ample stone terrace with alfresco dining and lounge areas.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2025
Photo : Jo David for Sotheby’s International Realty The step-down living room.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2025
Elsewhere on the main floor, there’s an airy step-down formal living room housing a wood-burning fireplace, a library, and a family room.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2025
The step-down great room has one of the home’s five fireplaces and French doors that open out to the backyard’s ample stone terrace with alfresco dining and lounge areas.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2025
Photo : Jo David for Sotheby’s International Realty The step-down living room.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2025
Elsewhere on the main floor, there’s an airy step-down formal living room housing a wood-burning fireplace, a library, and a family room.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for step-down
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Average premiums may rise 75% The average marketplace enrollee saved $705 in 2024 — a 44% reduction in premium costs — because of the enhanced tax credits, according to a November analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research and policy institute.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
11 July 2025
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Noninvasive fat reduction procedures are down 40%, the data equivalent of a free fall.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
11 July 2025
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June also marked the largest sales drop across the three department stores, according to the data, with Saks seeing a 28 percent decrease in sales and Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf declining by 26 percent.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
8 July 2025
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While Sacramento County saw a 28.7% decrease in people experiencing homelessness from 2022 to 2024 according to the most recent Point-In-Time count, Ashby said the region requires a new approach to homelessness.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
8 July 2025
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Both phones use Samsung’s Enhanced Armor Aluminium frame and take advantage of Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 to protect the display from drops and scratches.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 July 2025
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The drop was even starker among Republicans, with that change from 88 to 48 percent — nearly cut in half — in the space of a year.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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The condition leads to a decline in the ability to independently function, think and reason.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 July 2025
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Policy journals brim with articles about American decline and the advent of multipolarity.—
Hal Brands,
Twin Cities,
13 July 2025
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Three housing complexes in Hamilton County will be under construction this year to tap a small dent in the area’s stubborn shortage of affordable housing.—
John Tuohy,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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That’s more than 600 times the cost of an average American wedding—which the wedding site The Knot puts at $33,000—but won’t exactly make a dent in Bezos’ estimated $237 billion fortune.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“Step-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/step-down. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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