stepped up

verb

Definition of stepped upnext
past tense of step up
as in intensified
to make markedly greater in measure or degree candidates stepping up their campaigns as election day draws near stepped up the pace to catch up with the others

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  1. intensified
  2. enhanced
  3. heightened
  4. deepened
  5. strengthened
  6. consolidated
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  • Rescue teams searching for people missing from the storm have intensified their efforts in nearby ravines and the Albufera wetlands as well as at sea using specialist search boats.
    Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The surge in casualties is primarily due to relentless missile strikes and intensified use of glide bombs, particularly in Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, along with drone attacks near the front lines in Kherson.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of intensified
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  • Baseball’s leaner, meaner look is further enhanced by sports’ least taxing commercial breaks; at two minutes and five seconds per pod, the sponsor messages blow by faster than a Ben Joyce heater.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Integrating rotating detonation rocket engine Venus Aerospace enhanced the traditional ramjet concept by integrating a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) into the VDR2.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of enhanced
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  • The revolution, rooted in a Vodou ceremony, heightened white fears that Black religious practices were catalysts for Black liberation.
    Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús / Made by History, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Security tensions are heightened at the moment, with the Crowd Strike experience fresh in minds and the situations in the Middle East and Eastern Europe raising alert levels and the prospect of offensive cyber activity targeting critical infrastructure.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of heightened
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  • The country’s economic woes deepened over the past year, with inflation at a record high and more than 40% of Argentinians now living in poverty.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Over nine years, a friendship formed and deepened, eventually evolving into a romantic relationship.
    Charley Ross, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of deepened
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  • Hostilities between the two Korean leaders have been simmering this year as North Korea has appeared to have intensified its nuclear production efforts and strengthened ties with Russia, deepening widespread concern in the West over the isolated nation’s direction.
    Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In contrast, Al-Ahly strengthened its ranks with several deals, including the duo Nada Khaled and Nora Khaled, former Pyramids’ players.
    Assile Toufaily, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of strengthened
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  • Innovation data, unlike customer data, is rarely consolidated into a single source of truth.
    Andrew Binns, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Even though the shares have consolidated since that sharp gap lower, ALLY’s dip has a historically bullish signal flashing.
    Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of consolidated
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