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were stages
noun
A phase.
Exact(27)
There were stages to win, he said.
There were stages when the Welsh impressed me with their awareness.
There were stages in Hopper's career when he was deemed unemployable because of his reputation as a hell-raiser and his substance abuse.
But even for the most resolute turtle people, there were stages of grief to be worked through.
"Everyone had a character, an act, a play, a rant, and there were stages to do them on and audiences anxious to catch them," says Michael Musto, long-time chronicler of the New York scene for the Village Voice.
The late Dr Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the world expert on dying well, believed there were stages in response to news of a terminal illness – anger, denial, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
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Both movies were staged as austere rituals.
Many events that appeared spontaneous were staged.
In particular, 10 patients were stage I, 11 were stage II, 14 were stage III, and 20 were stage IV.
Patriotic puppet shows were staged.
All cases were stage I disease.
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