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phase

[fayz] / feɪz /


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But it is not yet clear whether this represents a new phase in the conflict.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

October 2008 was bad too, as stocks sank during the most acute phase of a historic global financial crisis.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 4, 2026

Santa Margarita High football coach Carson Palmer said special teams is the Eagles’ best phase of play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Ford Motor’s shares slipped after it sold fewer vehicles in the quarter, citing the phase out of two of its models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

He went through a plant phase, which didn’t last too long because he said his thumb just wasn’t green enough.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant

After 14 patient but quick phases, the Wallabies whipped the ball from right to left to find fly-half Ben Donaldson free to score in the corner.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Earlier this year, the EU inked a landmark agreement with India and has progressing trade agreement negotiations in various phases with Malaysia and Thailand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

At UTK, Michael Koehler used in situ X-ray diffraction to follow changes in the phases of the reaction mixture as the chemistry unfolded.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

A woman points to a colour-coded grid dividing the menstrual cycle into four phases, each paired with a different list of exercises.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Auggie and I had gone through a lot of phases by then.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

From the Google release: Safely releasing frontier capabilities at this level requires a phased approach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Safely releasing frontier capabilities at this level requires a phased approach,” Google said in the post.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

It believed only eight of these rings were constructed around the world, but by the end of the 1960s the technology was phased out and replaced by satellites.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

But over the last two decades, the already tiny space for indie film has grown even smaller, being phased out by streamers — the place indies go to die — and YouTube.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

But first they were unmade, their edges fading like the evanescent white bird, Wraith, as it phased through the skin of the sky.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Momentum has been building toward phasing out oil in Los Angeles for years, but the city has never rescinded a permit before.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

“You can vary the impact on the program’s finances by speeding up or slowing down the phasing schedule,” said Andrew Eschtruth, the director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

American Airlines spent much of the past decade phasing out seatback screens from its Boeing 737s and Airbus A320-family jets, arguing that most travellers preferred to stream entertainment on their own devices.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Among them is Syngenta, a Swiss-based company owned by the Chinese government that was one of paraquat’s largest manufacturers, which said it was phasing out the product globally for commercial reasons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

He seemed in a state of constant transition, phasing in and out of dimensions, unsure whether to be my father’s son or his wife’s husband.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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