baby step
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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LOS ANGELES—Gov. Gavin Newsom took a baby step toward addressing California’s affordability crisis on Friday by announcing the state would begin providing free diapers to newborns.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Kyle Humphrey, who works on "High Potential," said the Blurries are "a baby step towards that."
From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026
And from there, it’s just a baby step to “picking the man and then searching the law books, or putting investigators to work, to pin some offense on him.”
From Slate • Sep. 26, 2025
Every achievement feels like a baby step for Rice, who envisioned all this when she signed with the Bruins as the nation’s top-ranked point guard.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2024
Mr. Amos nudged me and I took a baby step into the shed.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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