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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
Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
The performance will be directed by stage and screen star Bergen.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026
Bernard Aceituno, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Somewhere between the airport and the hotel, your gut stages a revolt.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026
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Noun
Their offspring are born at an extremely early developmental stage and continue maturing in a pouch.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
The performance will be directed by stage and screen star Bergen.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026
Verb
Changes go through staging environments and require explicit review and testing.
—Bernard Aceituno, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Somewhere between the airport and the hotel, your gut stages a revolt.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage
Noun
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But a moment so special now in Knicks history didn’t stop a bromance display at the postgame podium.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
11 June 2026
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The auditorium usually used during Patriots postgame news conferences has been refreshed with World Cup logos at the podium.—
Riley Rourke,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Mexico opened the scoring in the ninth minute when Quiñones capitalized on a defensive error by South Africa and fired a shot down the middle, between the legs of goalkeeper Ronwen Williams.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Wrobleski left in the fifth inning with a contusion to his right hamstring after taking a comebacker off his leg.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
12 June 2026
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Either way, the future is bright as one heck of a chapter came to a close Saturday night.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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But tornadoes have also cast a dark chapter on Central Florida’s history.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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But if the first charter is any indication, Coop will not be creating any drama this season.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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Those wins include multiple acting wins, best writing for a drama series (Miller), and best drama series.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Sure, there would be a number of hurdles wrapped up in the process, which would include medical provisions based upon Sorsby's 'mental health disorder' of addiction that his attorneys presented in court as an argument against the NCAA.—
Trey Wallace OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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Unlike the competitive Oscars handed out during the telecast, the honorary prizes are presented at a separate ceremony attended by film industry figures, academy members and awards season contenders.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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The plane was on its third flight Sunday morning, according to FlightAware, a flight tracking platform.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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These requirements, carried out via government IDs, credit cards or face scans, will apply to social platforms like Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X, but not messaging services like WhatsApp and Signal.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
16 June 2026
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Heck, even Tom Busch, Kyle's 51-year-old father, led laps this week.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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Paraguayan players took a warmup lap around the field and then got to work navigating through passing, goalkeeping and shooting drills, ending the brief session with some penalty-kick shots.—
Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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The attack unfolded in two phases, with the initial strike splitting the boat and leaving two survivors clinging to wreckage before successive drone missiles killed those survivors and sank the vessel.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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Macdonald has established a winning culture and built a dominant team in all three phases.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
8 Dec. 2025
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“Stage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stage. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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