penultimate stage

collocation in English

meaningsofpenultimateandstage

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penultimate
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈnʌl.tɪ.mət/us
/pɪˈnʌl.t̬ə.mət/
second from ...
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stage
noun[C]
uk
/steɪdʒ/us
/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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(Definition ofpenultimateandstagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thepenultimatestageinvolves the processing of olfactory stimuli.
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The journey then starts itspenultimatestage, and it is hard.
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It has now entered thepenultimatestagebefore independence.
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There was another, apenultimatestage, to my nautical career, which was very different.
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We accept these proposals, if not as the ultimate, at all events as thepenultimatestageof the establishment of provincial autonomy.
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Yet we see very substantial rewriting with important implications to be considered at thepenultimatestageof the discussions.
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Thepenultimatestageis public consultation.
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The final time trial has sometimes been the final stage, more recently often thepenultimatestage.
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There was no further change to the top of the leader board until thepenultimatestage, stage twenty-one.
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Double points were awarded for the final climb of the race, on thepenultimatestage.
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Thepenultimatestageof the process occurred after 1989.
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However, on thepenultimatestage, he crashed and broke his collarbone.
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He entered thepenultimatestage20 a minute behind the race leader.
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At thepenultimatestageof the game the two contestants are separated by being locked into separate spaces such as prison cells or shipping containers.
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Unusually the last of the time trials was held on the last stage of the race as opposed to the usualpenultimatestageof the race.
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