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stages

  • plural
    of stage.
    stage
    noun
    a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
  • present tense form
    of stage (3rd person singular).
    stage
    noun
    a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.

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P&R President Lindsay de Sausmarez said "several stages of work on the review have been completed" and the committee was due to consider it again shortly.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Local officials hope a groundbreaking ceremony will take place next year and that about 600 jobs will be created by the project, which is still in the permitting stages.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Mr. Berg stages a harrowing companion piece to the D-Day invasion depicted in “Saving Private Ryan” as the men storm Tarawa Atoll.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The head of the company's commercial aircraft unit, Lars Wagner, said earlier this month he was confident Airbus can meet its annual target as most of the aircraft are in the final stages of assembly.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

She’d been keeping an eye on them in a pavilion of the guildhall as they took shape in stages, day by day, until finally becoming the crafts she had seen in the faranji couple’s dreams.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor