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The phrase "a thousand steps later" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a significant amount of time or distance that has passed before reaching a certain point or conclusion.
Example: "After a long journey through the forest, a thousand steps later, we finally arrived at the hidden waterfall."
Alternatives: "after many steps" or "after countless steps".
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But I swear to God, twenty steps later there is a man in front of me.
Three steps later, Cocoa came to a halt.
Twelve steps later I eased back on my bed, exhausted.
"You walk out your door and three steps later you're in your garage".
Thirty steps later, the path ends at the open lawn again, but this perspective is completely new.
"An onboard computer doesn't detect stupidity; it will only detect the pedestrian four steps later when they enter the traffic flow".
Two steps later, my keys dropped onto my right shoe.
The other proteins activate in more than 92% of runs one step later.
Finishing your grade gets you one step later to getting the heck out of school and college and starting making money.
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