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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a slight step" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small or minor action or change taken towards a goal or objective.
Example: "Taking a slight step towards improving our communication can lead to better teamwork."
Alternatives: "a small move" or "a minor adjustment."
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No offense, but some people might consider that a slight step down.
It was a step up for the Fahmy and Mohamed, but a slight step down for Greste.
The new Bond, "Skyfall," is actually a slight step in that direction, given that its director, Sam Mendes, won for "American Beauty".
At a time when simply standing still could soon mean taking a slight step down there is perhaps good reason to question him again.
When we moved into secondary school, though she took a slight step back, there wasn't a school bake sale or cocktail party fundraiser that she wasn't involved in.
McIlroy took a slight step back in 2013, going the entire year without a victory on either the PGA Tour or the European Tour.
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Finally we return to the porch but with a slight step-back in time, so we see the newspaper being delivered to the door by a little girl, who dashes away.
Bradbury admits to feeling like a perpetual outsider, always that slight step removed from the action.
As Fig. 4a shows, real permeability curve exhibits slight step, which is similar to FeCoB/SiO2/FeCoSiB magnetic films.
The QD PL spectrum confirms the attribution of the 1.05-eV step to QD ground states, while the slight step at 1.3 eV can be attributed to the transitions in the WL [45].
Nevertheless, a slight extensional step-like change was recognized in the medium stacked data, and slight extensional changes were also seen in the long and dike stacked data.
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