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
Stoney will join what’s shaping up to be a crowded race for lieutenant governor, a role that involves presiding over the state Senate and is often a stepping-stone to higher office.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
I think everybody who has a garden can help species to create a stepping-stone so that they can move to higher latitudes.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 5, 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
