multistep
adjective
mul·ti·step
ˌməl-tē-ˈstep 
-ˌtī-
: involving two or more distinct steps or stages
the first step in a multistep process
a multistep strategy/approach
Play strategy games like chess and Monopoly often, recommends Suzanne Farmer … . They're great practice for making decisions and thinking through multistep problems …—
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Mythos, formally Claude Mythos Preview, is a new AI model announced by Anthropic in April 2026, designed to operate autonomously on long, multistep cybersecurity tasks.
—Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Her trip put a spotlight on Seoul’s reputation as one of the world’s leading beauty tourism destinations and on the kind of private, multistep aesthetic protocols celebrities are increasingly traveling overseas to access.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
That vote was meant to be the final part of the multistep process for amending the Virginia constitution.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
These variables could be related through multistep and hierarchical processes that are described in MSD theory.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
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Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Her trip put a spotlight on Seoul’s reputation as one of the world’s leading beauty tourism destinations and on the kind of private, multistep aesthetic protocols celebrities are increasingly traveling overseas to access.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
That vote was meant to be the final part of the multistep process for amending the Virginia constitution.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
These variables could be related through multistep and hierarchical processes that are described in MSD theory.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
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“Multistep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multistep. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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