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

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of phase
as in conditions

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Recent Examples of phases
Noun
In previous slow starts to games this season, various phases of MU’s attack (offense, defense, special teams) picked each other up. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026 Plans for the larger entertainment district include housing, hotels, shops, restaurants, a card room and the city’s first movie theater, though future phases would require additional approvals. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026 In August, Holtec began loading nuclear fuel, one of the final major phases before a reactor can restart. — Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Those drugs undergo a rigorous application process involving three phases of trials that usually take nearly a decade to complete. — Andrew Yockey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 Following a string of incidents where AI models hacked websites and breached government systems during testing phases, the Federal Trade Commission is officially probing Anthropic and OpenAI over consumer harms, an insider told Axios. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 SpaceX plans to work up to this cadence in two phases, according to the FAA. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Last year, the retailer rolled out its deals in three different phases weeks before Thanksgiving even arrived. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026 Huafon will invest directly alongside Circ and other investors, with additional processing capacity planned for later phases. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phases
  1. aspects
  2. stages
  3. conditions
  4. angles
  5. chapters
  6. shapes
  7. steps
  8. rigs
Noun
  • While many of the more contentious and controversial aspects of his life are presented in one-sided fashion, friend and former manager Rory Holloway’s still-raw sense of betrayal at Tyson firing his entire team is evoked with vivid irritation.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
  • For Irvin, one of the most troubling aspects of the shooting is that an altercation between children allegedly prompted an adult to resort to gun violence.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of aspects
Noun
  • Teams will inspect returning stages and prepare them for refurbishment before subsequent missions.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Many enterprise processes already have known stages, business rules and dependencies.
    — Pritam Debnath, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of stages
Verb
  • Corporate culture often conditions executives to ignore their gut.
    — David Farbman, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 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
  • Game-watchers have access to Hawk-Eye camera angles from each end of the ice, along with a full-rink view from high above and the ability to isolate on a single player.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Everything is a little bit more rivets and angles, a little bit less wide expanse.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of angles
Noun
  • Seeing a few chapters out of context is not going to deliver the same thrill as cracking open the new book and reading as the author intended.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The most distinct chapters, from Snell’s costuming perspective, are the country and the city.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of chapters
Verb
  • France, unlike the United States, places strict limits on campaign spending, but money still shapes the broader political ecosystem.
    — Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • What’s popular online increasingly shapes what ends up on store shelves, as brands race to meet the demand that viral aesthetics create.
    — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of shapes
Noun
  • After receiving a notice, an insurer may investigate the allegations, dispute them, or take steps to cure the alleged violation.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
  • With far-right and far-left candidates in the lead to become France’s next president in the spring, markets are losing confidence that either side will take the painful steps necessary to rein in the deficit.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of steps
Verb
  • Wordplay, The Crossword Column Rebecca Goldstein rigs up a clever crossword.
    — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • 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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