The phrase "a likely stage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a probable phase or step in a process or development.
Example: "The project is currently at a likely stage for further evaluation and adjustments."
Alternatives: "a probable phase" or "a plausible step".
Horvitz and his colleagues have also used search and social media data to identify pregnant women at risk of postpartum depression before they give birth, and to predict a likely stage of breast cancer.
On paper, this did not seem to be a likely stage for a mass sprint since the hills, which figure in the Liège-Bastogne-Liège classic in the spring, were expected to shatter the field.
Although precise determination of the neural circuitry involved requires further investigation using neurophysiological techniques, our combined psychophysical results point toward a likely stage of processing at or soon after the output layers of V1.
I told my National Security Council staff yesterday that whoever my successor is needs to know that the most dangerous spot in the world today, the most likely stage for a big war, is not the Taiwan Strait, not the DMZ between North and South Korea, not Kashmir.
The relationship will last for decades, he declared, with a likely next stage being joint-venture onshore exploration projects.The company used to pride itself on size, and its newly shrunken state still takes some getting used to.
This condition and associated elevated bacteriocyte expression of TD and CGL, both of which yield the IlvA product, 2-oxobutanoate, are comparable to a likely intermediate stage in the evolution of the aphid symbiosis, where elevated bacteriocyte CGL is inferred to compensate for the missing Buchnera ilvA (Poliakov et al. 2011).
First, the seedling stage is the least likely stage to experience lethally high temperatures.
At a staff meeting in June (most likely staged, since a reporter is invited in) Mr. Kaiser shows how he is trying to shape publicity about the Kennedy Center.
Security experts say that it was likely staged by a government or government-backed group, in light of the significant expertise and resources required to create it.
He did however advise us to watch out for more announcements regarding consumer hardware plans as we got closer to launch, so this seems like a likely part of that staged reveal.
Rochdale boasts the largest Fijian community in the United Kingdom, and so when England and Wales were announced as co-hosts for the 2013 World Cup, Spotland always seemed a likely location to stage one of Fiji's group matches.
