stepping-stone
Example Sentences
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Whale falls are "almost like islands," De Leo explains, calling them "a stepping-stone habitat for this and many other whale bone specialist species."
From Science Daily • Dec. 28, 2025
Some aspiring emigrants suggest that these days, even getting tourist visas — seen as a stepping-stone to emigration — has become a challenge for Turks.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023
“Me getting that exposure, me getting my foot in the door, was the stepping-stone for me to get into the NFL,” he said of the internship program.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2022
And while she says Alice's win is a benchmark, it must only be a "stepping-stone".
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2022
Why else had he been willing to languish in the shadow of the vice presidency for those godforsaken years if not to use it as a stepping-stone to the prize itself?
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
