first steps

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The place he is in now is where he always dreamed he would be when he took those first steps.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

It merged with Elon Musk’s xAI in February, one of the first steps in Musk’s plan to create a company that can control AI from microchips all the way to applications.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Of the many “firsts” in Mike Donio’s life—the first time he met his wife, the first steps taken by his daughter—there’s one that really grinds his gears.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In 2004, as a 16-year-old living in the Brazilian countryside, she was taking her first steps in the modelling world.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

And mutants in the very first steps of embryogenesis were nearly impossible to capture alive since the embryos, with scrambled heads and tails, died instantly.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee