stages

Example Sentences

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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

By separating aging into two major stages, early-life damage and later-life genetic activity, the researchers believe their framework could help guide future strategies aimed at disease prevention and healthier aging.

From Science Daily • May 22, 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

The same mechanism that produces unequal economic opportunity also produces unequal political opportunity—and in politics, the disadvantage compounds across stages.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

I pass food stalls and dance stages, jugglers and fire-eaters, acrobats, Kehannis, singers, and players.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir