step up

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EU policymakers hope a step-up in the flow of corporate cash for removals of carbon can help it achieve its ambitious goal of emissions neutrality within the coming decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

“Once the capex program is complete and the put option is behind it, we suspect New Hope will look to reduce its cash balance, implying a step-up in returns,” says analyst Glyn Lawcock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“Now that the estate tax isn’t an issue, they put little bit more of a premium on the step-up in basis,” he says.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

The step-up in basis typically does most of the tax-saving work.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 21, 2026

It usually happens, however, that two stereo-isomers result from the "step-up" by way of the nitrile reaction; thus, arabinose yields a mixture of glucose and mannose, glucose yields glucoheptose and mannoheptose, etc.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred