stagger

Example Sentences

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“The staggered nature of the Board limits how much change we can affect in one year, but we do not think the Board should constrain itself on refreshment.”

From Barron's

Prohibition currently functions as an implicit tax of staggering size.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gran rose up from her chair, then staggered and fell back.

From Literature

Already, because so many students rely on the tram, the city has staggered school and university hours to pick up the slack of the partial shutdown.

From Barron's

Acknowledging the staggering loss of life Ukraine has endured, Zelensky said: "We have every right to say: we have defended our independence, we have not lost our statehood. Ukraine exists not just on the map."

From BBC