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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Having struggled with her own severe breakage and damage, Yung devised a viral, multistep care strategy made to replenish, nourish and support the regrowth of hair follicles.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2025
Fortunately for him, this particular airport parking deck has a giant screen projecting news of Gimball’s demise, which puts the multistep plan back on track.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
Why this threat matters The Deep Research agent was designed to perform multistep research and summarize online data, but its wide access to third-party apps like Gmail, Google Drive and Dropbox also opened the door to abuse.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
But an explicit multistep road map moves the debate from abstractions to timelines.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2025
Fortunately for him, this particular airport parking deck has a giant screen projecting news of Gimball’s demise, which puts the multistep plan back on track.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
Why this threat matters The Deep Research agent was designed to perform multistep research and summarize online data, but its wide access to third-party apps like Gmail, Google Drive and Dropbox also opened the door to abuse.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
But an explicit multistep road map moves the debate from abstractions to timelines.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Multistep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multistep. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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