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

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

It would begin not in stages but at scale to match the emergency, with the capacity to grow if displacement gets worse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Perhaps because he had sensed even then the force of what he felt, and he wanted to prepare her, to tell her in stages.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie