I rather like your stair-step trio of False Cypress.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Waiting, Nancy! « Fairegarden] Reference

And, you know, if you did the knobs right, you can stair-step it up.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 13, 2006] Reference

This gives a kid an opportunity to stair-step his way into the sport.    From Wordnik.com.  [King of the Cowboys] Reference

Investments in hardware and software typically follow a stair-step pattern.    From Wordnik.com.  [Should You Move Your Company Into The Cloud?] Reference

I instantly identify with those poor families full of "stair-step" children.    From Wordnik.com.  [what i'm reading] Reference

Suzy: I don't know if stair-step is the official term, but that's what it looks like.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Four For Friday] Reference

Inside, there was a large altar, a stair-step arrangement of shelves of diminishing size.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference

She sang a note, and then a higher note, and then more higher notes in a stair-step pattern.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Color of Her Panties]

Most of the elements that have two sides of their box forming part of the stair-step line are metalloids.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elements] Reference

There was a list of things to pin that on - lack of funds, four stair-step aged kids who needed me, hubby, blah, blah, blah.    From Wordnik.com.  [the tipping point...] Reference

Although only the stair-step exercise involves anything like running, I think of each of these exercises as running a sprint.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Speculist: It's a New Phil, Week 43] Reference

Hardly a throne at all, really, just a large, comfortable chair, raised off the floor on a platform about half a stair-step high.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Black Gryphon]

The tree roots created a natural stair-step path to the little cabin that they lived in temporarily while the "big house" was being built.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Good Report is Good For the Home] Reference

The interior of Solera Bank in Colorado features arches and curved walls, as well as a Mayan stair-step pattern that represents prosperity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Legal and Illegal, Welcome] Reference

Heavy, blowing snow slowed down the course and made the top two jumps, with their stair-step ledges, particularly difficult for the skiers.    From Wordnik.com.  [McIvor wins a gold for Canada in women's ski cross] Reference

I'm operating with a stair-step stylistic approach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Minyanville] Reference

Weight loss is thus achieved in this stair-step fashion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wil's Ebay E-Store] Reference

"It's going to be methodical, stair-step kind of growth.".    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Auto Recovery May Continue With 12.9 Million Sales in 2011 - Bloomberg] Reference

That's why I like to take our journey one stair-step at a time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conversations With Jeff Saut: Seeing Both Sides | Markets | Minyanville.com] Reference

Take a look at the stair-step climb in 2011 consensus estimates.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

It depicts a livestock auction, with buyers on stair-step seating.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

It's good and healthy and characteristic of gold's stair-step rally.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

They were waiting to see how the horses handled the rocky stair-step trail.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheHorse.com News] Reference

"We expect that we'll continue to stair-step higher to the end of the year.".    From Wordnik.com.  [daytondailynews.com - News] Reference

Peggy sank back upon the stair-step with her handkerchief stuffed in her mouth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chronicles of Avonlea] Reference

The difference is that this is a stair-step falls, about 50 feet from top to bottom.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference

The stair-step, creeping type of an up grind is lulling investors to sleep as we speak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is the Up Trend Broken? - Yahoo! Finance] Reference

Finally, you had a display adapter where a stair-step pattern actually gave you a 45-degree line.    From Wordnik.com.  [Site Home] Reference

The XHB chart over the entire year showed that every move up and down created a stair-step decline.    From Wordnik.com.  [TradingMarkets] Reference

So my thesis is that the "stair-step" market is still alive, and I will look to use this pullback as another buying opportunity.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

A bullish trend: higher highs and higher lows, ascending in stair-step fashion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Safehaven] Reference

2. For a few weeks I kept forgetting to buy the stair-step can organizers for our pantry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Four For Friday] Reference

  Walk around your home’s exterior and look for cracks, usually formed in a stair-step pattern.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to get your home prepared for fall] Reference

Take a stair-step approach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mapping Out a Smooth Transition] Reference

Then, another stair-step down to the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

Like a stair-step machine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maggie's Farm] Reference

> NORMAL is a stair-step icon.    From Wordnik.com.  [News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)] Reference