intermediary stage

collocation in English

meaningsofintermediaryandstage

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intermediary
noun[C]
uk
/ˌɪn.təˈmiː.di.ə.ri/us
/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈmiː.di.ə.ri/
someone who carries messages between people who are unwilling or unable ...
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stage
noun[C]
uk
/steɪdʒ/us
/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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(Definition ofintermediaryandstagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Let us try to get as far as possible over thisintermediarystageand take the risk.
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But it is quite clear that they are to make further attempts as anintermediarystage.
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I do not think that any useful purpose is served by the introduction of a quasi-judicialintermediarystagein the process.
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It is not an unnecessaryintermediarystage; it is a very necessary stage.
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I agree that it is in anintermediarystage, but is that necessarily a drawback?
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Whether we as politicians would agree that that was inevitable, whether it would not be possible to find someintermediarystage, as with the universities, is a matter for discussion.
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Many food pastes are anintermediarystagein the preparation of food.
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Glass eels typically refers to anintermediarystagein the eel's complex life history between the leptocephalus stage and the juvenile (elver) stage.
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Intermediary stages during changing consistencies are formed, between concrete and abstract, natural and artificial, and so on.
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As a rule, as seen in most of the figures, the intermediary stages of vortex interaction are accompanied by intense filamentation.
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We have thought also of intermediary stages before prison is reached.
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The intermediary stages would be gradually increasing sizes of intussusception.
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