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The phrase "a useful first step" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing an initial action or measure that is beneficial in a process or project.
Example: "Implementing a feedback system is a useful first step towards improving customer satisfaction."
Alternatives: "an important initial measure" or "a beneficial starting point."
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Napier suggests that becoming conscious of conventionalised uses of metaphors is a useful first step to moving beyond them.
Note that approaches using h and selection differentials are a useful first step, but they have their inherent shortcomings.
That's a useful first step.
Calling the thing we're talking about by its real name would be a useful first step.
Making the invisible visible is a useful first step when you're greening your home.
It would be a useful first step to reverse these policies.
That's why this kind of simulation is a useful first step.
A useful first step would be to simplify and relax those property rules.
But the partial ban would represent a useful first step, and would make New Jersey a leader among the states.
The profits from a worldwide hit record would, at the very least, be a useful first step.
Growing policy co-ordination between African embassies in Beijing is a useful first step in improving African bargaining power.
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