prototype stage

collocation in English

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prototype
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprəʊ.tə.taɪp/us
/ˈproʊ.t̬ə.taɪp/
the first example of something, such as a machine or other industrial product, from which all later forms ...
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stage
noun[C]
uk
/steɪdʒ/us
/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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(Definition ofprototypeandstagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A wide range of such devices are already at theprototypestage.
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Unfortunately, the answer from many of the agent researchers is that they have not determined the strength of their systems or that the system is still in theprototypestage.
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The twin-engined helicopter is still in theprototypestage.
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So there are various options, and these options are not just theoretical, they are at theprototypestage.
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We have reached theprototypestagein the hovercraft, and now the nation must get it into production.
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The first is just completing itsprototypestage.
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It is obvious that even at theprototypestagethe houses were not considered adequate.
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Our immediate task is to improve the system—still at present in theprototypestage—so that it can be used with reasonable confidence.
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I am not at all sure that there is any satisfactory compromise short of at least taking this aircraft toprototypestage.
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About half are in theprototypestage, and will be contributing in good quantity to next year's programme of local authority housing.
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I believe that it is in theprototypestage.
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I do not know whether it has reached theprototypestage, but that seems to be the area on which clean coal research should be focused.
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The others are in theprototypestage.
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If, as we hope, we reach agreement then, we shall still expect to complete detailed project studies this year and launch theprototypestageearly next year.
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We must not pay an overly burdensome premium in order further to research existing possibilities and to prove, up to at leastprototypestage, projects that have reached that stage.
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The 5.25-inch floppy drive also never made it past theprototypestage, even though it worked.
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However, this gunwith an automatic feeder and 20 rpm rate of firenever got beyondprototypestage.
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While about twenty pre-series cars were built, it never truly passed theprototypestageto hit the showroom floor.
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The project had reached theprototypestage, and a four-wheeled vehicle was built.
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