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as in theatre
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
Kaila Garrett, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
There's no telling if the judge who immediately granted the NYT such broad access, Ona Wang, will be sympathetic to OpenAI's arguments at this stage of the battle.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Many of the projects affected by the funding cancellation are staging areas that would be used to build offshore wind turbines.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Together, Kinney and Johnson are proof of how powerful Black creativity can shine on a global stage.
—Kaila Garrett, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
There's no telling if the judge who immediately granted the NYT such broad access, Ona Wang, will be sympathetic to OpenAI's arguments at this stage of the battle.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
All three of them — Ahmed, Karia and Lesslie — came up with a variety of ways of staging that moment.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Many of the projects affected by the funding cancellation are staging areas that would be used to build offshore wind turbines.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage
Noun
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Plagued with traffic and possible damage from going wide, both Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson were out in Q1, a stark contrast to their podium-earning performance in Zandvoort last week.—
Kanzah Maktoum,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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When Lagway walked to the podium after the game, there was still an air of confidence to the star.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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The senior picked apart the Red Wolves with his arm and his legs, setting the tone for a big offensive output.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Sep. 2025
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On another leg of the tour, Sanders spent $260 on a limousine service in Montana.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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Watch Thelma on Hulu Kinds of Kindness Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, this 2024 dark dramedy anthology is told across three loosely interwoven chapters, each exploring characters who take extraordinary measures to demonstrate their love to someone else.—
Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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At that point, a new Border War chapter was all but complete, and this one came with huge moments, plot twists, momentum swings, the works.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This also presents an opportunity for Europe to turn strongly towards renewables and develop more nuclear, wind, and water infrastructure in order to fully account for the gap which would further erode Russia’s relevance in that market.—
Earl Carr,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The highlights from this game present some amazing visuals, most notably the muddy baseball infield cutout at what was then called Joe Robbie Stadium.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In an analysis of over a billion job postings, labor insight platform LightCast identified not only a surge in demand for AI skills, but also higher average pay for jobs that required them.—
Dylan Butts
Shreya Ghosal,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Jordan Wood, a former congressional aide, jumped into the race early on a platform of transparency.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The waves of our joys and calamities, both collective and personal, lap on the same shore, one after another, crashing over one another without pause.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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The first shot showed new mom Sykes cradling her baby, as a second image showed Dawson asleep with the newborn on his lap.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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The company previously said the second phase of transformation work for the port of Neom would begin in December 2023, back when it was awarded the contract.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Chapman seemed to be in the decline phase of his career coming into this season.—
John Perrotto,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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But the drama began long before tipoff.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
20 Aug. 2025
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Of course, the drama subsided when Daniels took the field and led the team on a scoring drive in less than two minutes.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Stage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stage. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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