as in privately
in a manner intended to prevent knowledge or awareness by others
some of the most important decisions were made backstage, and only presented to the full committee afterward
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Recent Examples of backstage
Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 15 July 2025
As The Judgment Day benefited from the numbers game, Iyo Sky made the save and attacked Liv, who had another backstage moment with Iyo earlier in the night.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Air Mail, 6 Sep. 2025
The pair remembered Rivera's 'undeniable' star power and how impersonations and making castmates laugh backstage brought it to light for Ryan Murphy
The Glee cast will always have a special place in their hearts for Naya Rivera.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Adverb
In the video, someone from Lopez’s crew tells a shocked González that the actress and musician is behind the backstage door and the artist presents her canvas and covers her mouth in disbelief.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 15 July 2025
As The Judgment Day benefited from the numbers game, Iyo Sky made the save and attacked Liv, who had another backstage moment with Iyo earlier in the night.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Adjective
Unlike her father, playwright David Mamet of Glengarry Glen Ross fame, Zosia has seen her career unfold on-screen rather than backstage.
—Air Mail, 6 Sep. 2025
The pair remembered Rivera's 'undeniable' star power and how impersonations and making castmates laugh backstage brought it to light for Ryan Murphy
The Glee cast will always have a special place in their hearts for Naya Rivera.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backstage
Adverb
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There is plenty of raw data online, but much of it is harvested privately by platforms.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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But lobbying reports filed with the City Clerk’s Office show that the hotel, housing and marina developers were meeting privately with city officials as early as January.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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So these cases are almost always settled confidentially.—
Stayton Bonner,
Robb Report,
24 Aug. 2025
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Tips can be made to the Arson Watch Reward Program confidentially and anonymously, fire officials said.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But is anything ever really offscreen for Sheen?—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2025
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The same applies to the audiences offscreen as well.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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And secretly, Järnkrok was too.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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The season finale of House of Guinness opens with Patrick Cochrane — the Fenian Brotherhood leader who Edward had banished to New York — secretly returning to Ireland, with both an axe to grind against the Guinnesses and a perilous political mission to carry out.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Backstage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backstage. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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