How to Use step aside in a Sentence

step aside

verb
  • The old head who won’t step aside.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Why don’t some Democrats step aside, for the good of the party?
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Field had no regrets about stepping aside.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
  • He was offended to be asked to step aside for the Democrats.
    — Richard Hall, Time, 16 Nov. 2025
  • So Syl opened the door, stepped aside, and invited them in.
    — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • Jones is said to have stepped aside due to scheduling conflicts.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
  • But both stopped short of naming any candidates who should step aside.
    — ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Baraka had told his bodyguards to step aside when the agents came to make the arrest.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Huss, for his part, is gracious about stepping aside to let Chieng take over.
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 8 Aug. 2025
  • When those students perform, the business steps aside.
    — Derek James, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Democrats should demand that Platner step aside before the next bomb drops.
    — Doug Friednash, Denver Post, 3 June 2026
  • Some even called for Charles to step aside as heir to the throne in favor of his son William.
    — ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Having served his function as the go-between, Lukashenko seems ready to step aside.
    — Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Multiple city officials have called on him to step aside.
    — Jared Gans, The Hill, 11 Feb. 2026
  • When passengers walk down hallways, the crew steps aside, smiles, and says hello.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Set clear expectations, then step aside.
    — Leisse Wilcox, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The plan calls for Hamas to step aside after ruling Gaza for nearly two decades.
    — Greg Myre, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Sliwa claims to have been offered ten million dollars, across seven bribes, to step aside.
    — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • And Fitterling will hopefully know when to step aside and give her the space to do her job.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The family alleges that they were led down the jet bridge, then asked to step aside before boarding the plane.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • Wasserman Schultz should step aside and allow new leadership to emerge.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 2026
  • Plenty of Trump allies are still pushing for Rodríguez to step aside soon.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Granted, stepping aside from chicken fingers is never easy.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Cockiness is the thing that keeps you moving forward when everyone else is telling you to shrink, step aside, or sit down.
    — Samyra, SELF, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The judges then stepped aside to select the 17 hopefuls that would move on in the competition.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
  • But Thurmond criticized the call for candidates who have been trailing in polls to step aside.
    — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Drake and Kendrick, step aside, because bread crumbs about the rift have seemingly been spread throughout the pop stars’ songs ever since.
    — Zach Schiffman, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
  • With no candidate willing to step aside, Mamdani’s election is all but assured.
    — Menachem Spiegel, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
  • So, as agentic commerce takes center stage, chatbots are stepping aside as AI agents take their place.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • His mix of humility and strength, his willingness to step aside while also being at hand for help, is rare in leadership.
    — Anna Wintour, Vogue, 27 May 2026

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