step along

Wille plays down the impact of her speech all those years ago, saying it was "just a little step along the way" to progressing women's football.

Environmental review of mega constellations would be a first step along a path of much-needed space policy reform, said Gutterman.

Whenever he was gone, the car would get washed in our driveway, where my mom used a single bucket of warm, soapy water, a bottle of glass cleaner, a squeegee, and faded cotton T-shirts to wipe the streaks away, narrating each step along the way.

“At every step along the way, we’ve adapted and adjusted as necessary, and so that’s exactly what we’ll do going forward,” he said.

He later added that "it is one significant step along the path of Antarctic ice sheet collapse and major inundation of our coastlines. A worrying sign that really does underscore the urgency of climate action."