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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
Dade Hayes, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
And doubt is fatal in the early stages of a reading experience.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026
Dan Raby, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
The land, which is designated by Eagle as agricultural-residential, hosts the single-family home, a large barn for four adult horses, staging areas for large farming equipment, and holding pens with several dozen cattle.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Moses is the first project to utilize the new workflow and was shot entirely on a virtual stage.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
And doubt is fatal in the early stages of a reading experience.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
Law enforcement officers stage near the scene of an active shooter on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, in Atlanta.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
The land, which is designated by Eagle as agricultural-residential, hosts the single-family home, a large barn for four adult horses, staging areas for large farming equipment, and holding pens with several dozen cattle.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage
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The 18-year-old, who announced his plans to go to UNC Chapel Hill in November 2024 on a scholarship, has a story unlike any other wrestler who has stood alongside him on any podium.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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And all genres of music get a podium.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Apr. 2026
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The top is designed with horizontal pleated detailing and cap sleeves, while the bottoms offer a simple, wide-leg silhouette with side pockets and a drawstring to adjust the fit to your liking.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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Leo arrived in Cameroon on Wednesday on the second leg of his four-nation African trip, the first by the first American pope.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 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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The Four Freedoms awards are presented in the New Church in Middelburg, in the province of Zeeland, where Roosevelt's ancestors hail from.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Securing an event like the NFL draft can present numerous challenges as the three-day event is expected to be the largest in Pittsburgh's history next week.—
John Shumway,
CBS News,
16 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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Running, cycling, lap swimming or climbing stairs quickly could count.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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Line them up along a midcentury modern lap pool and prepare for a sunbathing scene right out of a Hockney painting.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
15 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 22 Apr. 2026.
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