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  • adjective Involving multiple steps

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Examples

  • CROWLEY: Her Saturday's speech is seen as part of one adviser called a multistep process.

    CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2008 2008

  • College students in academic trouble were asked by researchers to go through a multistep process of setting goals.

    Resources for Setting Goals Sue Shellenbarger 2011

  • Iowa Republicans follow a multistep process for selecting convention delegates, but an Associated Press analysis found that Mr. Romney would claim 13 delegates and Mr. Santorum 12 if their support matched the caucus results throughout the process.

    Multifront Attack Awaits Romney in New Hampshire Neil King Jr. 2012

  • My most ambitious attempt was a multistep sequence aimed at synthesizing aspirin, for which I needed acetic anhydride, which had to be made from acetyl chloride, for which I needed phosphorus trichloride, for which I needed to burn red phosphorus in a stream of chlorine gas.

    Roger Y. Tsien - Autobiography 2009

  • In recent months, she has finished a regular work day — it starts with preparation in the late morning and ends with a nonstop five-hour dinner shift — and then, four days out of five, she's gone back into the kitchen for an additional 10 hours to practice each stage of the two multistep platters she will have to cook on the day.

    Continental Cuisine Amy Ma 2011

  • Even that will be a multistep process:•The Democratic-led Senate will likely defeat by Saturday a House-passed measure that includes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.

    Deficit cuts sought as debt-limit deadline approaches 2011

  • Citi has taken writedowns of more than $50 billion in the past two and a half years, much of that tied to risky mortgage assets. prompting a multistep government rescue that left the government owning 27% of its stock.

    Greenspan Grilled Over Role in Financial Crisis John D. McKinnon 2010

  • Citi has taken writedowns of more than $50 billion in the past two and a half years, much of that tied to risky mortgage assets. prompting a multistep government rescue that left the government owning 27% of its stock.

    Greenspan Grilled Over Role in Financial Crisis John D. McKinnon 2010

  • Tuesday's proposal will start a multistep rule-making process that could take a year or longer to finalize.

    Regulators Plan First Steps on Credit Rating 2010

  • Citi has taken writedowns of more than $50 billion in the past two and a half years, much of that tied to risky mortgage assets. prompting a multistep government rescue that left the government owning 27% of its stock.

    Greenspan Grilled Over Role in Financial Crisis John D. McKinnon 2010

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