The phrase "away from its initial" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a change or movement from a starting point or original state.
Example: "The project has evolved significantly, moving away from its initial concept to incorporate new ideas."
Alternatives: "departing from its original" or "straying from its initial".
Ford has backed away from its initial claim that it did not profit in any way from forced labor at its Cologne plant.
The Administration has also made the argument as it has backed away from its initial proposals to counter "Serbian aggression". "To those who think the parties are equally guilty, this report is pretty devastating," one official said.
In March of last year, however, the C.D.C. backed away from its initial study.
The wire is shown to shorten when twisted away from its initial configuration in which all fibers are parallel.
But the suit includes more details about how the Energy Department has backed away from its initial insistence that the rock alone would contain the wastes.
The original reports on Niger have been found to be based on forged documents, and the Bush administration has since backed away from its initial assertions.
The White House, playing the political version of "Deal or No Deal," is backing away, rather unconvincingly, from its initial confirmation.
During the experiments the model eye was pushed and pulled away by hand from its initial position and this was immediately followed by a come-back because of the robustness of the set up.
Twitter is getting ever further away from its simple initial premise, but overall the update represents progress and that is to be applauded.
Its lawyers produced several pages of a 2011 deposition in which he backed away from his initial view on the ownership issue.
But in an interview broadcast later in the day, Mr. Duarte appeared to back away from his initial position.
