Definitions
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- noun A piece of
furniture whose upper section is further back than the lower part, forming a flatshelf orstep between them.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The new cover, which follows 31 redesigns, was developed over five months and features a "stepback," in which the front cover is narrower than the rest of the book in a bid to highlight a color page inside featuring blurbs from reviews and other writers.
Judging a Book by Its Second Cover Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg 2011
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With my first book, Subterranea, my publishers took a chance by developing a multiple stepback cover -- the first of its kind.
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Stepdown, stepback and stepup to responsibility of your unfaithfulness that has affected your family and constituents.
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Compared with recent small-cap surges, the Russell's stepback on Friday is likely a normal part of the push-and-pull inherent in the economy's gradual healing, said Jack McPherson, portfolio manager at Eagle Small Cap Core Value Fund.
P 600 Streak Goes On Kristina Peterson 2010
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Compared with recent small-cap surges, the Russell's stepback on Friday is likely a normal part of the push-and-pull inherent in the economy's gradual healing, said Jack McPherson, portfolio manager at Eagle Small Cap Core Value Fund.
P 600 Streak Goes On Kristina Peterson 2010
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Compared with recent small-cap surges, the Russell's stepback on Friday is likely a normal part of the push-and-pull inherent in the economy's gradual healing, said Jack McPherson, portfolio manager at Eagle Small Cap Core Value Fund.
P 600 Streak Goes On Kristina Peterson 2010
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At Indianapolis, Dirk Nowitzki finished the game with a nifty stepback move, then hit a 20-footer with 1.1 seconds left.
USATODAY.com 2008
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Daniels and Murphy hit 3-pointers for the Pacers to cut the gap to 97-93 before James hit a stepback 3 from in front of the Pacers bench at the 1: 21 mark.
USATODAY.com 2007
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From that kind of “intensity” Bioshock is a stepback.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Very funny review of Bioshock 2007
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Front cover and stepback illustration by Alan Ayers
The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009
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