The phrase "as a temporary step" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an action or measure that is intended to be short-term or provisional.
Example: "We will implement this new policy as a temporary step to address the current issues until a more permanent solution is found."
Alternatives: "as a short-term measure" or "as a provisional action".
The extension of the G train to Church Avenue, which began as a temporary step during reconstruction at the Smith/Ninth Street station, will be made permanent.
The $2.4 billion cost of the jobless benefits will be paid by extending into 2011 a surcharge on employers of $14 a worker that was enacted three decades ago as a temporary step.
As a first step I started working as an English teacher, thinking of it at first as a temporary step while I looked around for a "real" job in industry.
In advance of Tuesday's primary, Trump is running a TV ad that says he will "stop illegal immigration" by building the wall and bar Muslims from entering the United States as a temporary step to prevent terrorism.
In advance of Tuesday's primary, Trump is running a television ad on Arizona stations saying he will "stop illegal immigration" by building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and bar Muslims from entering the United States as a temporary step to prevent terrorism.
Whether this will stay as a temporary step-back or will become company's new regular policy towards more flexible contractual structures and pricing mechanisms in Europe?
"If it is, as is suggested, a temporary step on the longer journey toward the transformative plan, then it's a very nice step," said Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism.
You can debate the mechanics, such as increasing council tax bands or making this a temporary step towards land value tax.
Delta had described the step as a temporary measure in the aftermath of record oil prices, which reached $145 a barrel in July.
