staggered
Example Sentences
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The case, which was initially scheduled to last four days, instead involved hearings staggered over several months.
From BBC
With BTS, each member staggered their about 20-month stints to minimise the periods when all seven members were missing from action.
From BBC
Although he beat the count, he staggered back to his feet, prompting the referee to wave the fight off.
From BBC
He writes, for example, that the guitarist James Blood Ulmer plays “shrill, disjointed fragments, nervous bits and rickety pieces tied together by a staggered but wryly swinging thematic sensibility.”
Lawmakers have also questioned whether the staggered release risks obscuring institutional responsibility rather than clarifying it.
From Salon
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