The project's construction was divided into five logically separate phases.
Having separate phases means development can be parceled up into small parts and given to different people.
I worked on five separate phases of the 1990 census.
Construction on the freeway is divided into 3 separate phases and began with the first project in 1997.
And each involved a separate phase of the battle.
It was built in two separate phases; about 1750 and about 1770.
From 2007 to 2022, the university will begin occupying the building in 4 separate phases.
The diagnosis of the problem is a separate phase from the solutions themselves.
The project has been organized into three separate phases.
"Collecting on it is a whole separate phase of the action."