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Discover LudwigThe phrase "superficial steps" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe actions or measures that are only surface-level or lacking in depth or thoroughness. Example: "The company took superficial steps to address the issue, but failed to implement any meaningful changes."
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The more obvious, superficial steps.
Instead of working to complete the Gateway, critics say Moroun has taken only superficial steps to give back to the community: sponsoring a snow festival here, a marathon there.
Trump, meanwhile, continues to make millions as the sole beneficiary of her personal brand, taking only superficial steps to distance herself from the business over conflict of interest concerns.
While Mubarak has taken superficial steps such as ordering the reform of the presidential election law in 2005 to allow for multi-candidate elections (claiming the move came "out of my full conviction of the need to consolidate efforts for more freedom and democracy"), in reality he has done the opposite, masterfully manipulating the masses and his U.S. allies.
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Twin nucleation occurred at the surface, being controlled by the superficial step density and not by the relaxation sequence of the structure.
This additional tilt, probably due to the introduction of dislocations with a preferential Burgers vector, produced a superficial step density increase and, therefore, strain relief occurred by twins in preference to MDs.
In the imagination of Orhan Pamuk, the answers to these seemingly superficial questions are stepping stones to the fundamental stories of Turkey today: one man's attempt to make his fortune becomes the story of mass urban migration, his stolen bride the story of love warped by traditional mores, the gang wars in his neighborhood the story of ethnic tensions and nationalist terrorism.
But many others in the family felt the steps were superficial, and a year later, it appears that they were mostly right.
Still, Mr. Morsi's attempt at reconciliation, however vague or superficial, represented another notable step in Egypt's political transition.
By deconvolution of the voltammetric peaks, it is possible to distinguish the different steps of the superficial oxidation of cadmium.
These neoplasia types progress through a number of sequential steps beginning with superficial gastritis, followed by chronic atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia, intraepithelial neoplasia, and finally, carcinoma [ 3].
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