in stages

idiom

: in a series of separate steps rather than all at one time

The changes will be made in stages.

Examples of in stages in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Retail shortages from trade war will hit U.S. consumers in stages Warnings of empty store shelves have been making headlines as multiple press reports indicate that CEOs of America’s top retail stores told President Trump that a prolonged trade war would lead to shortages. —Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025

The measures will take effect in stages during the next week. —Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2025

Swerdlow said the plan has been conceived in stages so that existing public-housing tenants will not be even temporarily displaced from their homes — an issue that has been a pitfall for another big county housing redevelopment effort. —Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025

The symptoms of the disease manifested in stages known as the four d’s: dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia and death. —Asia London Palomba, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025

Rhymes for in stages

• engages
• messuages
• osages
• outrages
• ages
• cages
• gages
• gauges
• mages
• pages
• phages
• sages