How to Use a step up/down in a Sentence

a step up/down

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• Even the magnetic charging base feels like a step up from the rest.
  — Nick Guy, wsj.com, 8 Sep. 2023
• Was there a way forward for these farmers that wasn’t also a step down?
  — Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
• But the new Anchor is a step up, with a wide menu of burgers, platters and seafood items.
  — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2025
• Flaherty is a step down from Fried but a step up from Morton.
  — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
• And is that a step down a slippery slope that leads to restrictions that many people would not want on free speech?
  — Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2023
• For a step up, gift it in a basket with other skincare products for a full spa day routine.
  — Ali Faccenda, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
• The tour represents a step up in her stand-up career, moving from clubs to theaters.
  — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Jan. 2022
• Fitzgerald has said the nine-bin sorter is a step up from the three-bin machine the library had at the front of the building.
  — Thomas Saccente, arkansasonline.com, 13 July 2024
• The pace, the shot quality, and the tactical precision all take a step up in the top flight.
  — Matt Pyzdrowski, New York Times, 25 July 2025
• Detroit’s Jared Goff is a step up in pretty much every regard.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• And do their 54-hole events represent a step down in level of play or preparation?
  — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
• There’s not a lot of people who have that ability to engage both in detail but also then take a step back, or a step up.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
• And the way the stage works at the Noel Coward, there’s sort of a step down just as the stage meets the audience.
  — Caroline Frost, Deadline, 22 June 2024
• And the way the stage works at the Noel Coward is there's sort of a step down just as the stage meets the audience.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
• That would be a step down from its cut of half a percentage point last month, which kicked off the Fed’s rate-easing campaign.
  — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
• The 27-year-old has clearly made a step up from what were already high-level performances in that time.
  — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 20 June 2025
• With his future hanging in the balance, Robert will have to take a step up to find himself on a contender down the stretch.
  — Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
• Such a step down seems to suggest that the bestseller will continue to find space on the list for at least another week or two, if not more.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
• Pretending to get shot might not seem like a step up in employment, but Lincoln is relieved to be off the streets.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
• This is quite a step up from Spotrac's projection of five years and $108 million.
  — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
• So far, Season 3 seems to be a step up from the last season and the the third episode was actually pretty good!
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
• White saw his numbers take a step up as his offensive usage increased with Porzingis out of the lineup most of the playoffs.
  — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 June 2024
• Okay, these eggs have stuff inside of them, so that’s a step up from the eggless dystopia of Don’t Worry, Darling.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
• This is a step up for Xperia models, which often had lower battery life figures due to the 4K screen.
  — Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 15 May 2024
• Then the fair market value of the home could be included in the gross estate and the children would receive a step up in basis at the mother’s death.
  — Liz Weston, oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2023
• The overall threat takes a step down but extends into the Northeast and includes New York City.
  — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 3 July 2023
• In-state tuition and fees run around $7,360, which is a bit of a step up in cost compared to Florida and Wyoming.
  — Becca Stanek, The Week, 20 Apr. 2023
• However, the current 10-Mb bandwidth is a step up from the 7 Mb the initial test satellites managed at the start of the year.
  — New Atlas, 6 Dec. 2024
• The number would be a step up from the 50 percent raise hike that the union previously rejected from the USMX.
  — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 1 Oct. 2024