in stages
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The couple were taken to safety in stages.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
One alternative is always to buy slowly and in stages, minimizing the painful risk of buying right at the peak.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Merlin plans to reduce pilots in stages, from two to one and eventually none.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The parks will be built and opened in stages, with construction expected to take several years, Macron's office said, without giving an opening date.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
The handover can be plotted in stages, starting with a slow, dreamy triplet shuffle in jazz violinist Joe Venuti’s 1929 track ‘Apple Blossoms’, then in a more frantic version in his ‘Really Blue’ of 1930.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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