in stages
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South Korea's defence minister said on Tuesday the military had "a range of necessary measures at our disposal, and we will implement them in stages" to respond to the DMZ incident, without providing further detail.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
When the two teams went into their locker rooms at halftime, officials made sure they left the field in stages, to avoid a fight in the tunnel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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
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
