in stages

Example Sentences

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A reduced lockup period for SpaceX’s earlier investors, meanwhile, allows them to exit, in stages, as early as the end of the second quarter.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Although researchers still do not fully understand what causes the disease, scientists have known for years that it gradually spreads through the brain in stages.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

“I wanted to really get into the process of the kitchen,” he explains, describing the project in stages: “The raw part, the fire, and then the plating.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

One example is a multipaneled sketch that shows what happens when you drop a seed and watch it grow in stages, first when it sprouts and then when leaves come out.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

She’d been keeping an eye on them in a pavilion of the guildhall as they took shape in stages, day by day, until finally becoming the crafts she had seen in the faranji couple’s dreams.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor