in stages
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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
“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
Instead of having to cut it all at once, it is easing back output in stages, hoping to avoid the more costly step of shutting fields and later spending weeks or months bringing them back.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The plate tears apart in stages, with different sections breaking off over time.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
They moved the animals up the mountain in stages, to let them get used to the climate.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
