baby step

American  

noun

1. (in the game of giant steps) the shortest step permitted a player, executed by placing the heel of one foot against the toe of the other and drawing the back foot up to the front foot.

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baby step

"These first materials that we have studied are like a baby step, or a prototype problem, along the way to more complex phenomena such as high-temperature superconductors and quantum magnets."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

He called it “another baby step toward full normalization.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Kyle Humphrey, who works on "High Potential," said the Blurries are "a baby step towards that."

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

So the argument in favor of paper straws goes: Using them takes some plastic out of the environment while serving as a sort of baby step toward other individual sustainable choices.

From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2025

Here you have Flint and a sidewalk, you take one baby step, and here you have country and a dirt path.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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