in stages
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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
A little under two hours after the launch, the satellites separated from the rocket and were released into low-Earth orbit in stages.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
She would have to do the operation in stages.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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