The phrase "a powerful step toward" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate progress or advancement in a particular direction or goal.
Example: "Implementing renewable energy sources is a powerful step toward achieving sustainability."
Alternatives: "a significant move toward" or "an important stride toward".
Connecting with internal customers can be a powerful step toward reducing misconceptions and conflict between groups and departments.
Amazon views Alexa as a powerful step toward ambient computing: a world where users have "voice-forward" capability wherever they are, be it their home, office, car, or hotel room.
That information lets researchers rule out certain theories of inflation, the mind-boggling expansion that took place in the universe's first split second, says Brian Greene, a theoretical physicist from Columbia University: "This is a powerful step toward winnowing the field of contenders of how inflation took place".
And an Islamic Center at Ground Zero dedicated to that deeply necessary and currently absent introspection would repudiate the terrorists who perpetrated the atrocity, honor the victims who died there, and serve as a powerful step toward G-d fearing and decent Muslims taking back their faith from the fanatics.
Bill's simple email closing could be one simple but powerful step toward a more positive future: "When did 'There but for the grace of God, go I' get replaced with 'It sucks to be you'?
He took perhaps his most powerful step toward reconciliation with Jews in Jerusalem later that month, when he prayed silently at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial, and humbly regretted "acts of hatred" by Christians against Jews.
Newman's rainbow doors are one powerful step toward shifting people's attitudes and reminding the world that love is love.
Take a second powerful step.
By simply comparing what your life is now to what it could be, you have taken a very powerful first step toward reaching your potential.
As the Fed Up campaign, headed by the Center for Popular Democracy, notes in a report released this week, tackling the crisis of employment in this country is a powerful and necessary step toward building an economic recovery that reaches all Americans -- and ultimately, toward building a stronger economy for everyone.
