How to Use "stepping" with Example Sentences

1. Stepping back from the fray : february 2007
2. Microsoft 's stock jumped on news that steve ballmer is stepping down .
3. On friday , citigroup ( c ) said that its chairman richard parsons is stepping down .
4. The us is stepping up its complaints to china on a separate trade-related issue over censorship software .
5. A plan that helps more people buy private insurance is hardly a stepping stone to socialism .