Steppingstone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Steppingstone is a noun meaning Alternative form of stepping stone.
Meaning
Alternative form of stepping stone.
Example Sentences
Dr. Lunine said that with steppingstones, people would look back positively at what had already been accomplished and be more likely to continue supporting a Mars program.
When Dr. Michael Dugan took his first postdoctoral research appointment in 1985, he considered it a steppingstone to a permanent theoretical physics post on a college faculty.
For many of the Capitol rioters and others who believe Mr. Trump won, it was not a large leap to “Stop the Steal” from a pathway of conspiratorial steppingstones that included the “Pizzagate” claim of 2016 that Democrats were running a child sex ring in the back of a popular Washington pizza parlor, the debunked allegation that a low-level Democratic National Committee aide was murdered for leaking Hillary Clinton’s emails and many more.
Word Forms
- steppingstones
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include steppingstones, springboard, stepping, pave, paving, prelude.
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