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as in drama
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
Alina Selyukh, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
Swalwell voters seemed to have flocked to Becerra, who saw a 15-point bump among Democratic voters that got him onto the debate stage.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
John Wenzel, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
Instead, the Israeli Pavilion will this year be staged in the Arsenale, another main venue of the Biennale, a move that some have alleged is intended to account for any potential protests.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Come see Planet Money live on stage!
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
Swalwell voters seemed to have flocked to Becerra, who saw a 15-point bump among Democratic voters that got him onto the debate stage.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
The biggest indie music fest in Colorado returns this weekend with the FoCoMX, which packs a whopping 450-plus live performances onto 40 downtown Fort Collins stages on Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
Instead, the Israeli Pavilion will this year be staged in the Arsenale, another main venue of the Biennale, a move that some have alleged is intended to account for any potential protests.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage
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While the other candidates pressed their palms against the podiums, ready to pounce on every question, Becerra clasped his hands like an altar boy.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Students from the audience were welcome to take turns making their case at a podium for a set time period.—
Shannon Watkins,
Twin Cities,
23 Apr. 2026
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While on the ground, officers fired additional bean bag rounds at Evans, including one that allegedly broke his leg, and twice sent a police dog at him.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Choose from a variety of washes and styles including ankle, skinny, flare, straight, and wide leg, plus a skirt and a jacket accented with fringe detail.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Instead, the Magic morphed from road worriers into road warriors, while the Pistons added another chapter to a troubling trend.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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Lawlor’s book contains chapters devoted to politics, but her inclination to reach for examples of the reasonable and unreasonable that any reader will intuitively share serves her less well here.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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James Corden and Adam Sandler film a scene for Netflix's upcoming drama Time Out on April 16.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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By 1998, as the family drama deepened, the absence of the mother character became conspicuous.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Souvenirs of a romanticized fin-de-siècle Ruritania are presented without interest or elaboration.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Liverpool, however, have been interested in the past and could present competition for his signature, so too major clubs in Europe.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Tech executives have pushed back against similar allegations that their platforms are addictive to young people, pointing to parental controls and other new safety features for minors.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Popular chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT don’t meet the bar for doctors, who say these platforms aren’t always accurate or up to date with the latest guidance.—
Michal Ruprecht,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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But a late caution forced an overtime restart, opening the door for Reddick to surge past Kyle Larson on the final lap.—
Ryan Brennan
April 22,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2026
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Miller also strategically employs the Pietà in his Confederate Women’s Monument, turning to Michelangelo’s later Depositional group from the Pietà Bandini, in which the dead Christ is not draped on Mary’s lap and knees but undulates across the bodies of his earthbound beloveds.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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On shelves from floor to ceiling are mandolins in every phase of construction.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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This shortened the skip phase and maintained higher temperatures throughout the descent, ensuring the outer char layer never cooled sufficiently to trap gas beneath it.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Stage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stage. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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