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Recent Examples of stage-manage
For example, with the Foundation’s stage-managing, downtown Mount Vernon saw the rebuild (with AF funds) of a former town square eyesore that is now the lovely Mount Vernon Grand Hotel.
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Jack Fowler, National Review, 4 July 2025
So says Eleanor, who embodies the movie’s reality principle, not only handling the logistics of the ailing architect’s hospital stay and of Jin’s visit but also stage-managing, with unseen but adroit string-pulling, Casey’s new future.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 June 2025
Taylor Swift and Katy Perry’s feud — over backup dancers, of all things — was still partly stage-managed.
—Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 5 Apr. 2025
Most of Biden’s media appearances have been stage-managed and sparing, and recently, they have been used as a form of damage control.
—Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2024
Donors to his campaign have been struck by how stage-managed those receptions tend to be.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
In fact, most studios stage-managed their contract players’ public images, dressing them on-screen and off.
—Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2024
Over the next two decades, Fulbright would stage-manage some of the most deeply civic moments of the era.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
Jack Fowler, National Review, 4 July 2025
So says Eleanor, who embodies the movie’s reality principle, not only handling the logistics of the ailing architect’s hospital stay and of Jin’s visit but also stage-managing, with unseen but adroit string-pulling, Casey’s new future.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 June 2025
Taylor Swift and Katy Perry’s feud — over backup dancers, of all things — was still partly stage-managed.
—Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 5 Apr. 2025
Most of Biden’s media appearances have been stage-managed and sparing, and recently, they have been used as a form of damage control.
—Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2024
Donors to his campaign have been struck by how stage-managed those receptions tend to be.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
In fact, most studios stage-managed their contract players’ public images, dressing them on-screen and off.
—Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2024
Over the next two decades, Fulbright would stage-manage some of the most deeply civic moments of the era.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage-manage
Verb
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With his back against the wall, Tony must draw on his tactical training to protect his family and survive a deadly showdown with a powerful crime syndicate.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Some Cosmists saw technology as destructive and transformative, while others believed its role should be to protect and preserve.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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Workers who are micromanaged report nearly double the stress compared with non-micromanaged workers, according to the 2023 Work in America Survey.—
Julia Sullivan,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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Their words painted a portrait of someone who micromanaged, monopolized the spotlight and rarely recognized individual contributions.—
Bill Koch,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This safeguards regulatory adherence while ensuring fair market competition between domestic and imported products.—
Nish Acharya,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Yet, the decades-long effort to secure passage of the VRA offers pragmatic wisdom for safeguarding—and even extending—the gains enshrined by the law.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Space states like Florida and California, for example—home to NASA’s two biggest centers—jealously guard their share of the federal pie.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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However, the win was a team effort as forward Brianna Turner (four points, six rebounds), forward Mikayla Timpson (nine points), guards Shey Peddy, Lexie Hull, and Aerial Powers brought the defensive energy and physicality that Indiana desperately needed.—
Allison Smith,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Stage-manage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stage-manage. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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