At the design stage vs At a design stage

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'At the design stage' is commonly used when referring to a specific point in the design process, while 'at a design stage' is more general and can refer to any stage in a design process.

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At the design stage

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a specific point in the design process.

This phrase is used to indicate a particular phase or point in the design process when something is being designed or developed.

Examples:

At the design stage, we need to consider the user experience.
It's important to involve the engineers at the design stage.

Alternatives:

during the design stage
in the design phase
at the planning stage
at the development stage
at the conceptual stage

At a design stage

This phrase is correct and can be used in a more general sense to refer to any stage in a design process.

This phrase is used to indicate any stage or phase in a design process without specifying a particular point.

Examples:

At a design stage, various concepts are explored.
It's important to involve stakeholders at a design stage.

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The safety documentation for a tunnel at the design stage shall include:
The safety documentation for a tunnel at the design stage shall include:
Considering at the design stage a product's environmental impact throughout its whole life cycle has a high potential to facilitate environmental improvement in a cost-effective way.
Considering at the design stage a product's environmental impact throughout its whole life cycle has a high potential to facilitate environmental improvement in a cost-effective way.
Before any construction work begins, the Tunnel Manager shall compile the safety documentation described under points 2.2 and 2.3 for a tunnel at the design stage and shall consult the Safety Officer.
In particular, the safety documentation for a tunnel at the design stage shall include:
Before supplying new inputs to its downstream divisions, the SMP operator should be able to build in EoI at the design stage for new products at a proportionate cost.
The provisions of this Directive shall be applied from the preliminary design stage onward.
consider evaluation criteria from the design stage;
Technical solutions giving presumption of conformity at design stage
Presumption of conformity at design stage for technical solutions may be assessed prior and independent from a specific project.
Emissions of dioxins and furans can only be addressed via material choices at design stage.
The polluting effect as described above has to be evaluated at the design stage.
at the design stage of a structure.
Promoting a more intelligent use of energy by addressing this aspect from the product design stage is an objective that the Committee can fully support.
This paragraph shall not apply in respect of tunnels at the design stage as defined in Article 9.
This paragraph shall not apply to tunnels at the design stage as referred to in Article 9.
At the design stage, the minimum distance between main track centres on lines specially built for high-speed shall be set to 4,50 m.
For those subcomponents of the infrastructure subsystem, presumption of conformity may be assessed at design stage prior to and independently from any specific project.
An intermediate statement of verification (ISV) shall be issued by a notified body at design stage.

Alternatives:

at any design stage
at different design stages
at various design stages
at different points in the design process
at different phases of design

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At the design stage vs At a design stage