What 8 Letter Word Can Have A Letter Taken Away And It Still Makes A Word

What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?

The word is "starting". Remove the middle "T" and you have "staring", Remove the "A" and you get "string", remove the "R" then you have "sting", remove the "T" and you get "sing". Remove the "G", and you get "sin", remove the "S" and you're left with "in", and finally, remove the "N" and you're left with "I".
The More You Take The More You Leave Behind Riddle

The more you take, the more you leave behind. "What am I?"

You take footsteps and leave footprints.