critical stage
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By studying this fossil alongside other puzzling specimens from much earlier and later periods, the researchers reconstructed a critical stage in early insect evolution.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
This marriage between insurers and private assets is entering a critical stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
But Draper's lack of recent court time also showed in some rusty returning as the match reached its critical stage.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
The business is perhaps reaching a critical stage in its development that has some investors buying up the stock.
From Barron's ● Dec. 4, 2025
The rise of literacy, of the culture of writing and reading and bookselling, had reached a critical stage in the classical period.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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