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- noun Plural form of
stage . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
stage .
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Examples
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This might proceed in stages from the in vitro biosynthesis of better and more efficient enzymes, to the biosynthesis of the corresponding nucleic acid molecules, and to the introduction of these molecules into the genome of organisms, whether via injection, viral introduction into germ cells, or via
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As for quality, I guess what they call the stages of sleep really matters.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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At certain stages in the show when a new news item is introduced, they will start the segment by doing a “Cackle Dance” to increase attention.
Think Progress » Heilemann: Palin ‘regularly’ said that ‘that Saddam Hussein had been behind 9/11.’ 2010
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As for the typical Mexican home that is built in stages as money becomes available for the purchase of a bag of concrete, cement blocks or tiles they most certainly have rebar standing alone and waiting.
Retiring in Mexico 2009
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The original plan was not to gas the entire compound but to make it uninhabitable in stages, so the inmates would move to other smaller parts of the building.
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Actual universal health care occurred in stages through 1999.
Matthew Yglesias » Why The Impatience on Employer-Sponsored Health Care 2010
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As for the typical Mexican home that is built in stages as money becomes available for the purchase of a bag of concrete, cement blocks or tiles they most certainly have rebar standing alone and waiting.
Retiring in Mexico 2009
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I understand it may be a feature of ULA's own hypothetical second stage upgrade plans, so perhaps a single common avionics that can control the two different first stages is possible.
Is NASA Circling the Wagons Around the Launch Vehicle Elements of ESAS? - NASA Watch 2009
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Last year I made a house and put the house together in stages (e.g. one wall to one wall, wait to let it dry, then attach those walls to another, wait to let it dry, etc.)
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Any sytem which throws away all that hardware and litters the Lunar surface with expended decent stages is not a viable means of getting there.
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