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"Even selected word lines" refers to word lines designated for use in a particular storage operation or memory operation, and having an “even” designator, in contrast with word lines having “odd” designators. This designation may be based on a counted number associated with the word line, beginning with “WL0” to designate the word line physically closest to the substrate, with “0” being considered an even designation, and “WL1” being the word line physically above WL0 and farther from the substrate, with “1” being considered an odd designation, etc. Certain storage operations such as programming, reading, or sensing, may be performed on memory cells of a selected word line through a series of one or more steps. Other storage operations such as erasing memory cells, in one embodiment, may be performed on memory cells of a plurality of word lines simultaneously through a series of one or more steps. In such embodiments, the erase operation may be performed on multiple selected word lines.