baby step
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verb, transitive + intransitive
baby-stepped;
baby-stepping
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Samsung is also taking a baby step across this hardware gap with a Bixby speaker, called the Galaxy Speaker. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "Galaxy Note9 hands-on—Samsung ships a bigger battery, not much else," 9 Aug. 2018 In a simple black dress, a far cry from her typical extreme corset pieces, Dalton takes a few baby steps. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, "Fecal Matter Has Made Its Photoshopped Skin Shoes Into Actual Wearable Heels—And They're $10,000," 24 Oct. 2018 Now, felines won't be included in the show's official judging (baby steps, people), but 40 cat breeds will take part, according to NPR. — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, "Cats Will Be Featured at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show This Year," 2 Feb. 2017 The question, of course, is whether baby steps is an acceptable approach for a franchise that exists to contend for titles. — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, "ASK IRA: Has NBA common sense arrived too late for Heat?," 3 June 2018 Many teams in this situation would shorten their goals and prescribe baby steps. — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, "Tyronn Lue's leave of absence makes Cavaliers' title climb steeper: Bill Livingston (photos)," 19 Apr. 2017 But the United States is not so enthused about Seoul's baby steps toward rapprochement. — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, "The icy geopolitics of the Winter Olympics," 9 Feb. 2018 Yet the Europeans have so far taken only baby steps to develop their own defence efforts. — The Economist, "Will Donald Trump be Triumphant, Tetchy or Torpedo?," 5 July 2018 Perhaps the baby steps of progress can lead to his being back in the lineup soon. — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Wil Myers better, so is Austin Hedges; A.J. Ellis shows wisdom," 4 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'baby step.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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