How to Use in stages in a Sentence

in stages

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  • Ellinikon is set to open in stages over the next few years.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Their bosses found out in stages.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Most companies are still stuck in stages one and two.
    Rob Thomas, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • There are a few things in the works, in stages of development.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The measures will take effect in stages during the next week.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The loan is paid out in stages to your contractor as the work is performed.
    Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The discovery of zero doesn’t seem to have come all at once, but rather in stages.
    Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2021
  • The ticket release will occur in stages, and the rule of the game is first come, first served.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 23 Aug. 2023
  • For most people, letting go is a process that can only be taken in stages.
    Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Proxies or Russian troops could seize swathes of Ukraine in stages.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Doing the work in stages can reduce the stress on your pocketbook.
    George Petras and Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 1 May 2024
  • Sphere tickets, which begin at $145 all-in, will go on sale in stages.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024
  • There are cascading systems that simply do this trick in stages.
    Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The project should be pursued and developed, perhaps in stages.
    Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Tickets are being released in stages to give people a chance to purchase.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The financial statements are just for the company which makes the movie and they are filed in stages.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The lifting of sanctions will be discussed and agreed upon in stages and on a case-by-case basis.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The sanctions would be lifted in stages, according to the framework.
    Justine Redman, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Assemble it in stages, using cans to prop up the walls until the icing hardens.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The financial statements are just for the company which makes the movie and studios file them in stages.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Israel would stop its extensive attacks on Gaza and pull back its ground forces in the enclave in stages.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The government’s new funding will be introduced in stages over the next few years, to allow supply to ramp up.
    Cassie Werber, Quartz, 16 Mar. 2023
  • For a cake like this, in which the wet and dry ingredients are added in stages, take care to only mix lightly to combine with each step.
    Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Because of the program’s size, payments are distributed in stages throughout the month rather than on a single date.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • That’s the first step of its exit strategy, which is unfolding in stages to give customers time to use up their balance and pay off any loans.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Tapp said that this would give developers plenty of time to attract retail tenants — and customers — in stages.
    Ilana Arougheti july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
  • The trick is to add ingredients to the pot in stages, which allows for the flavors to deepen and intensify.
    Trish Clasen Marsanico, Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2023
  • This most likely happened in stages, like a reverse version of The Ascent of Man.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Fold ¼ of the meringue into the almond flour batter to lighten the batter before gently folding in the rest of the meringue in stages, ¼ at a time.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Hundreds more are expected to reach the area in stages as villagers and emergency workers clear deep snow from mountain passes.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025

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