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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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Recent Examples of phases
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
After Act 3, two other phases, Projects 4 and 5, are planned but details are still in the works.
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Cam'ron Hardy,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
Germany has gone through several such phases since the end of the Third Reich.
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Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
With less than four years until the deadline, hospital executives are in construction mode with new hospitals in planning phases or already in construction, and retrofits are underway across medical campuses.
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Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
28 June 2026
Some artists have eras, experimental phases, detours, creative dalliances; Arthur Russell’s career, for all its seeming contradictions—classical minimalism and lascivious disco, Zen Buddhist mantras and winsome country pop—was a continuum.
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Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
27 June 2026
The fertilizer helps the watermelons to grow healthy and strong, and is most crucial during the early growing phases.
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Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
26 June 2026
Asia’s defense cycle will enter one of its most capital-intensive phases this year, driven by naval shipbuilding and maintenance across Northeast Asia and Australia.
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Chris Oberoi,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
The subsequent phases will then widen [this digital release] to the general public.
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Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
24 June 2026
Noun
Each hair follicle cycles through growth (anagen), transition (catagen), and rest (telogen) phases.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
After Act 3, two other phases, Projects 4 and 5, are planned but details are still in the works.
—
Cam'ron Hardy,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
Germany has gone through several such phases since the end of the Third Reich.
—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
With less than four years until the deadline, hospital executives are in construction mode with new hospitals in planning phases or already in construction, and retrofits are underway across medical campuses.
—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
28 June 2026
Some artists have eras, experimental phases, detours, creative dalliances; Arthur Russell’s career, for all its seeming contradictions—classical minimalism and lascivious disco, Zen Buddhist mantras and winsome country pop—was a continuum.
—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
27 June 2026
The fertilizer helps the watermelons to grow healthy and strong, and is most crucial during the early growing phases.
—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
26 June 2026
Asia’s defense cycle will enter one of its most capital-intensive phases this year, driven by naval shipbuilding and maintenance across Northeast Asia and Australia.
—
Chris Oberoi,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
The subsequent phases will then widen [this digital release] to the general public.
—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phases
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Dujardin and Dana have fine chemistry, but Dujardin’s best chemistry is with Ficarra, an Italian comic with exaggerated features and a love for the zanier aspects of the story.
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Understanding the quantum aspects of plutonium can help develop applications such as sensing and computing, which can reshape how nuclear systems and materials are modeled.
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Elsewhere, Iran’s soccer team has been eliminated from the 2026 FIFA World Cup, missing the 32-team knockout stages by one spot in heartbreaking fashion.
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The loss of experience and military brainpower had disastrous consequences, especially in Russian lives lost, during the Winter War against Finland and the early stages of World War II against Nazi Germany.
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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.
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The discomfort stems not from graphic imagery, but from recognition — the realization that contemporary visual culture increasingly conditions audiences through loops of deferred resolution.
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Made up of sharp angles and straight lines, the quilt and its matching shams have a look that strikes the right balance between classic and contemporary.
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The episode featured the advancement of multiple angles as Tama Tonga and Talla Tonga split away from the MFTs just days after Solo Sikoa spiked his own brother Jimmy Uso in the name of his family.
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Nearly one-third of the National Audubon Society’s more than 500 local chapters have changed their names since the organization’s national Board of Directors rejected a name change in 2023, the Sacramento chapter said.
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After Kirk’s death, Club America chapters proliferated in Palm Beach County’s private schools, including the Benjamin School, which is among the most academically rigorous.
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The passion to help all of these families shapes my conviction to accelerate progress across industries together.
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As climate change increasingly shapes our daily lives, LGBTQ+ communities deserve a seat at the table, not only because we are affected by these challenges, but because our perspectives can help build more equitable and resilient solutions.
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Gauff may be the best athlete in women’s tennis, but Świątek has the best footwork, the adjustment steps and tiny movements that take her to the ball and propel her from attack to defense and back again.
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A student also participated in the discussion, asking what steps officials are taking to improve safety in Towson for pedestrians, drivers, and residents.
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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.
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“Phases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phases. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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