multistep
adjective
mul·ti·step
ˌməl-tē-ˈstep 
-ˌtī-
: involving two or more distinct steps or stages
the first step in a multistep process
a multistep strategy/approach
Play strategy games like chess and Monopoly often, recommends Suzanne Farmer … . They're great practice for making decisions and thinking through multistep problems …—
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Development workflows have progressed from fully manual processes to co-pilots that suggest code—systems capable of executing multistep changes across repositories.
—Fabio Caversan, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Google says the new model is capable of complex multistep reasoning and agentic workflows that previously required the larger Gemma variants.
—ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026
There’s typically a multistep process to claim VAT refunds, experts said.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 May 2026
The first change has been the normalization of a multistep routine, what Dupreelle and Edelstein called the rise of skin intellectual consumers fueled by social media as a major point of discovery.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
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Fabio Caversan, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Google says the new model is capable of complex multistep reasoning and agentic workflows that previously required the larger Gemma variants.
—ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026
There’s typically a multistep process to claim VAT refunds, experts said.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 May 2026
The first change has been the normalization of a multistep routine, what Dupreelle and Edelstein called the rise of skin intellectual consumers fueled by social media as a major point of discovery.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for multistep
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“Multistep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multistep. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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