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"a stepping stone to" is correct and is often used in written English.
It typically refers to something that is used to move from a lower level to a higher level, such as a job that helps one progress to a better career. For example, you might say "This job is a stepping stone to a higher position in the company."
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A stepping stone to what?
This, insists Mr Koizumi, is a stepping stone to privatisation.
In Radar, he's created a stepping stone to these realities.
It was a stepping stone to international cricket.
The massacre was a stepping stone to revolution.
"This game is a stepping stone to that".
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Devolution was a stepping-stone to independence, he argued (not entirely incredibly, given intervening developments).
Erich Veitenheimer also used the USPTO as a stepping-stone to a career in patent law.
For many a bachelor's degree is nothing but a stepping-stone to a professional degree.
They were not necessarily a stepping-stone to permanent freedom.
Look at failure as a stepping-stone to success.
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