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the public performance of plays
drawn to the stage as a career
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as in to present
to bring before the public in performance or exhibition
staged the full body of Shakespeare's plays in the course of a year
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Recent Examples of stage
Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
That sets the stage for a warming trend that begins Friday and should last into the weekend.
—Greg Porter, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2026
ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
This marks the fourth of Kirkman’s plays staged by the company.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Landmark inventions like the printing press, steam engine, telephone, incandescent light bulb, and airplane heralded new stages of progress in technology and spurred further innovation.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
That sets the stage for a warming trend that begins Friday and should last into the weekend.
—Greg Porter, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
Thousands staged tractor protests in Athens and central Greece earlier this year.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
This marks the fourth of Kirkman’s plays staged by the company.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage
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Ahead of Wednesday night’s game against the Boston Celtics, the Heat coach stated the obvious from the pregame podium at Kaseya Center.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
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Young faces lit up with joy as award winners bounced to the podium.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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The neighbor was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, which included a broken leg.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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And don’t miss your chance to score 65 percent off the sporty Athleta Tempo Mid-rise Wide-leg Track Pants, which feature a comfortable waistband and signature side stripes.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Apr. 2026
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Welles said through his management company that the animal lover would appreciate donations in his memory to local animal shelters, animal rescue organizations or Humane Society chapters.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Here, four bibliophile paradises that invite travelers to get lost in the chapters and sit in the joy of a life well read.—
Lara Kramer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Mar. 2026
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However, Gottlieb also brought up how many individuals who leave college coaching to become NBA coaches don't want to return to the college scene, because the NBA focuses more on basketball and less on all the other drama and noise.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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But Lumet and screenwriter Frank Pierson ease up on the laughs as Sonny’s predicament grows more helpless, allowing the audience to feel his desperation as the drama barrels toward a tragic finale.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Aligned—sometimes explicitly—with Édouard Glissant’s poetics of relation, with its emphasis on the creative power of hybridity and fluid identities, these new biennials presented cultures as entangled and nonhierarchical.—
Daniel Birnbaum,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Department welcomes the opportunity to present the facts of the case in court.—
Zach Boetto,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Gig workers for ride-hailing and food delivery platforms are receiving some temporary incentives including fuel discounts from Uber, DoorDash and others.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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It had been mounted on a small platform, which bore a little icon of a pair of feet inside a backslash circle, as though stepping into a guillotine were every museumgoer’s wish.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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There are no victory laps because other employees still don't have a check.—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Stewart was sitting courtside in open-toe sandals when Brunson stepped on her toe while running up the court and also dove for a ball out of bounds, crashing into her and briefly sitting on her lap.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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This phase represents a structured transition between delivery and sustained operations, during which early technical adjustments and system validations are completed after initial sea trials.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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Wanza told the Sun Sentinel that the district is in the process of contracting with an archaeological consulting firm to conduct the first phase of the assessment.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Stage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stage. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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