in stages
idiom
: in a series of separate steps rather than all at one time
The changes will be made in stages.
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The inhalation of the volcanic ash suffocated animals in stages, depending on the size of their lungs.
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Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 7 July 2024
Doing the work in stages can reduce the stress on your pocketbook.
—George Petras and Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 1 May 2024
Stonehenge was built on the flat lands of Salisbury Plain in stages starting 5,000 years ago, with the unique stone circle erected in the late Neolithic period about 2,500 B.C.
—Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 19 June 2024
The effort requires a political process, too, albeit a modest and realistic one that could include a long-term cease-fire in Gaza and the transfer of some more territory in stages to full Palestinian control in the West Bank.
—Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2021
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Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 7 July 2024
Doing the work in stages can reduce the stress on your pocketbook.
—George Petras and Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 1 May 2024
Stonehenge was built on the flat lands of Salisbury Plain in stages starting 5,000 years ago, with the unique stone circle erected in the late Neolithic period about 2,500 B.C.
—Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 19 June 2024
The effort requires a political process, too, albeit a modest and realistic one that could include a long-term cease-fire in Gaza and the transfer of some more territory in stages to full Palestinian control in the West Bank.
—Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2021
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“In stages.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20stages. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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