phases 1 of 2

noun

plural of phase
1
as in aspects
a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded the moral phase of the problem has yet to be considered

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2
as in stages
an individual part of a process, series, or ranking in the final phase of production

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phases

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verb

present tense third-person singular of phase
as in conditions

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Recent Examples of phases
Noun
Cooling without liquid Electric aircraft generate significant heat during demanding flight phases such as takeoff, hovering and climb. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026 Officials have also pledged to complete a more comprehensive traffic study as designs are completed for additional phases of the project. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026 Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini/Anadolu via Getty Images During talks last fall, negotiators broke that framework into two phases. — Emma Nicholson, CBS News, 31 July 2026 Villalobos’ plan is centered around the research of Canadian educator Michael Fullan and features four phases. — Austin Horn july 30, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026 The City Council unanimously approved the development, which is expected to be built out in five phases, starting with town houses in the project’s northeast. — Rose Evans july 29, Idaho Statesman, 29 July 2026 The horse race between Amazon’s and Microsoft’s cloud computing businesses has gone through various phases over its nearly two-decade history, with the current AI boom pushing the rivalry to a new, and perhaps unsustainable, level of intensity. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 July 2026 This is the first of seven phases recommended in the strategy framework through 2033. — Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 But parsing out individual phases of a war from the broader campaign in this way would be unprecedented. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phases
  1. aspects
  2. stages
  3. conditions
  4. angles
  5. chapters
  6. shapes
  7. steps
  8. rigs
Noun
  • Trump was included in many different aspects, including Infantino awarding him FIFA’s inaugural Peace Prize back in December.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
  • The organization also believes this frees up time for its catchers to work on other aspects of the game — such as hitting and receiving — given how much is already on their plates.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of aspects
Noun
  • Iranian officials said negotiations over future management of the Hormuz strait with Oman, which sits on the opposite shore of the waterway, are in their final stages.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Protesters held movie nights and set up mutual aid stations and stages for speeches and music.
    — Sydney Brownstone, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of stages
Verb
  • The system conditions physicians to go above and beyond, to pre-round an hour before they're asked, to absorb expanding workloads without complaint, because that's what doctors do.
    — Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • The discomfort stems not from graphic imagery, but from recognition — the realization that contemporary visual culture increasingly conditions audiences through loops of deferred resolution.
    — Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026
Definition of conditions
Noun
  • For Orioles, a complicated picture The Baltimore Orioles are a classic example of a team working both buy and sell angles, unsure what to make of their club.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • Meanwhile Apophis is a much brighter S-type asteroid, which mandates taking snapshots at higher sun angles to compensate and prevent overexposure.
    — Andrew Jones, Scientific American, 30 July 2026
Definition of angles
Noun
  • Meanwhile, futurists and the Bureau of Labor Statistics project that Gen Z and Gen Alpha will average 18 to 25 jobs and six to nine distinct career chapters, more than double the volatility of prior generations.
    — Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Larkin hadn’t sought its national endorsement, focusing on support in South Florida chapters instead.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of chapters
Verb
  • Culture shapes the employee behaviors necessary to execute on strategies.
    — Rick Elliott, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The Central Solenoid at ITER is designed to generate a powerful magnetic field that steers and shapes an intensely hot, energy-producing plasma that looks like a cloud.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2026
Definition of shapes
Noun
  • This two-bedroom loft built in the 1850s is located steps away from Bowen’s Wharf, so all of Newport’s buzziest restaurants, bars, and shops are well within reach.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Polished yet welcoming, this elegant high-rise places guests steps away from top museums, the famous Recoleta Cemetery, and upscale shopping at Patio Bullrich and Avenida Alvear.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of steps
Verb
  • There’s infectious joy and wonder as the Eridian who will come to be known as Rocky begins communicating with Ryland, at first with rudimentary signals and then with more complex language once Ryland rigs a translation device.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of rigs

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