stepping stone in a sentence

Examples

1. This was like a stepping stone to the AIDS community.
2. by Sal Murdocca . ( Stepping Stone / Random House,
3. The festival could be a stepping stone to the stars.
4. Maybe this is a stepping stone to some consistent success.
5. It was not a stepping stone to better career opportunities,
6. Autonomy should be only a stepping stone to full-fledged privatisation.
7. And college football is a stepping stone to the pros.
8. It is seen as a stepping stone to political unification.
9. The program is considered a stepping stone to NATO membership.
10. It was also sort of a stepping stone into politics.