How to Use phase in a Sentence

phase

1 of 2 noun

• The project will be done in three phases.
• He's in the final phase of treatment now.
• He has been throwing tantrums a lot, but the doctor says it's just a phase.
• The building project marks a new phase in the town's development.
• The developers say the first phase of the project will be ready in mid-2025.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 26 July 2023
• So that’s really going to be the next two to three years as the phase two of our growth.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 July 2023
• In this case, the charges didn’t even move beyond the assessment phase.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 12 June 2023
• The moon phase, along with a seconds counter, is, of course, located at 6 o’clock.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 9 June 2023
• This can be seen through a study of the first phase of significant Chinese growth in the 1980s.
  — Yasheng Huang, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2023
• The winning teams will move on to compete in the third and final phase of the agency's challenge.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 31 May 2023
• The dial also shows the orbital position and phase of the Moon.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2023
• The phase two festival will be released in the coming months.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2023
• Construction of the first phase is set to finish in early 2024.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 13 June 2023
• The most active phase of the Sun’s cycle is called the solar maximum.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2023
• The next phase of window treatments would involve the front of the building, which faces Central Park.
  — Catrin Einhorn Andres Kudacki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• So the notion of an early phase to the licensing on paper was a good one.
  — Curbed, 18 Oct. 2023
• The final phase of 1-acre-plus homesites are now available.
  — Mustang Lakes, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
• Greenberg plans to seek the support of Metro Council members for this phase.
  — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 Mar. 2024
• The stretch of closed track will now shorten as construction enters a new phase.
  — Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
• Thayer said that in the next phase, the state is looking to add more charging sites elsewhere in Alaska.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2023
• That phase didn’t last too long, but the tablet served as a useful digital journal.
  — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• New lash growth is limited during this phase (which lasts up to nine months).
  — Lindsay Modglin, Health, 22 June 2023
• The district’s plans include four phases and are mapped out to 2027 or later.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
• Start with the landscape plan, and number two, break it down into phases.
  — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2023
• The first way to watch the movies is by order of release (also known as phase order), starting with Iron Man (2008).
  — Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
• The day subdial at 9 o’clock is shaped like the brand’s logo, while the moon phase at 6 o’clock features the brand’s smiley face motif.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2023
• The third phase will involve a third trail loop around an existing baseball field in the park’s rear section.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
• But the next phase is crucial as the submersible, the Titan, was believed to have just hours of breathable air left on Thursday.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 22 June 2023
• Majors, who was poised to be the big bad in the next phase of the Marvel cinematic universe, will avoid jail time, sources confirmed to The Times.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• His power-play numbers, however, are fantastic, and being the best in that phase of the game should matter.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2024

phase

2 of 2 verb

• Create a plan to phase it in so that the change sticks.
  — Hannah Chapman, Forbes, 7 Nov. 2021
• The flat tax would be phased in over four years, to be completed in 2026.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
• The reform would phase in over four years with the flat rate taking effect in 2026.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2023
• The measure to phase gasoline cars out of the state is a historic one in the US and would be one of the first such bans worldwide.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022
• Maine has gone further and will phase PFAS out of consumer products sold in the state by 2023.
  — Kathryn Rodgers, The Conversation, 4 May 2022
• Nat Gale said the city hopes to phase in an entirely electric fleet by 2035.
  — Alex Putterman, courant.com, 21 Nov. 2021
• In response, the Wu administration agreed to delay the new fees and phase them in over time.
  — Catherine Carlock, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2023
• Yet, despite the suspicion that garages are where bad things happen, most cities want to build more of them rather than phase them out.
  — Max Holleran, The New Republic, 25 Apr. 2023
• The Paris Agreement from 2015 doesn’t mention them, and does not oblige signatories to phase them out.
  — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2021
• If adopted in 2022, the new requirements generally would phase in over the next two to three years.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2022
• So far, Jen isn't too phased by the relationship hiccup.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2023
• Lawmakers plan to phase the new funding system in over two years.
  — Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2022
• The catch is that those benefits will phase in over time and the Medicare premium increase would hit after the New Year.
  — Arkansas Online, 4 Dec. 2021
• Also of note is how New World didn’t phase this particular 3090.
  — Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
• But the federal goal wouldn’t phase this fuel out until 2030, at the earliest.
  — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• The rules would phase in over the next four years, and small companies would be exempt from some of the more complicated disclosures.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2022
• On Wednesday, the Fed said that starting on June 1, the central bank will phase in over three months a program to shrink its balance sheet that now stands at $9 trillion.
  — Michael S. Derby, WSJ, 5 May 2022
• The advantage to eight-man would be to not threaten the numbers of other fall sports, like soccer, and to phase in kids who have never played football.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Apr. 2022
• The commission over four months has allowed Metro to slowly phase some cars into service.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
• The bureau will also phase in increases to parking permit costs over four years.
  — oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2022
• Raisa Flowers Dealing with limited space does and doesn’t phase this makeup artist.
  — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 10 July 2023
• As a result, most EV tax credits are at risk of lapsing in 2024, when the battery sourcing requirements begin to phase in.
  — Nicolas Rivero, Quartz, 11 Aug. 2022
• Regardless of the rumors, the couple seems to be going strong, trying their hardest not to let the allegations phase them.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 28 Aug. 2023
• The company will now advance to phase three trials for Simufilam.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 22 June 2021
• Municipalities ought to rethink it and try to phase it out.
  — Joshua Stein, Forbes, 29 June 2021
• Following phase one, a jury will assess submissions and choose four writers to move on to phase two of the intensive.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Nov. 2023
• Over protests from the mayor, the council voted during last year’s budget process to continue phasing them out.
  — Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
• The department has not yet secured funding for the actual building of the gondola, but phase one of the project is expected by 2025.
  — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
• For example, workers might start to travel more as cities phase in their reopening plans.
  — Suzanne George, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• That’s right: Instead of plain air, the Blade uses liquid coolant that changes phase not unlike the compressor on an air conditioner.
  — Clifford Atiyeh, Robb Report, 13 Nov. 2023