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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
Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
For this stage strategy, Roan and her stylist, Genesis Webb, worked closely with designers and makers in the costume industry, mainly based in New York’s Garment District, and not with fashion designers.
—Katie Weisman, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
Ariel Nagi, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Protesters continued to clashed with law enforcement early Friday morning on Coast Guard Island in Alameda County, where CBP was supposed to stage before launching its Bay Area raids.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Ratti’s evolution has been at the core of the celebrations in Pesaro this weekend, when the store became the stage for different installations and activations.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
For this stage strategy, Roan and her stylist, Genesis Webb, worked closely with designers and makers in the costume industry, mainly based in New York’s Garment District, and not with fashion designers.
—Katie Weisman, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
According to Metavivor, between 2014 and 2020, only 13 percent of breast cancer research dollars were dedicated to metastatic or stage 4 breast cancer, which are incurable.
—Ariel Nagi, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Protesters continued to clashed with law enforcement early Friday morning on Coast Guard Island in Alameda County, where CBP was supposed to stage before launching its Bay Area raids.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage
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The rule change resulted in Hernandez sharing podium spots with female athletes who finished behind the trans athlete in the state finals.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Payton takes the blame on the podium.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Softstreme High-rise Wide-leg Cropped Pant has a weighty drape that adds an elegant edge to what otherwise feels like loungewear, given how remarkably soft the Softstreme fabric is.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Oct. 2025
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Rashee Rice offers another layer to this offense, which eases the burden on Mahomes’ legs and makes every other target better.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Yarra Junction boomerang, unusual in its size and shape, was deeply integrated into the original societies of Australia, but this one, specifically, came after colonization, thereby bringing up another formative chapter in the country’s history.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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Before takeoff, Graham joined staff and flight crew on the tarmac, bowing in prayer beside the towering white jet that marks a new chapter in the relief group’s aviation fleet.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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For the monks or clerics, it is presented as a material substance, carried like a sack of gold on the demon’s back; the metaphors used are monetary or economic, as though the monks owe ordered syllables to God instead of the monetary tithe their vows of poverty render unnecessary.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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Phoenix’s brother Joaquin, his sisters Summer, Rain and Liberty and his mother Arlyn were all on hand to present the first-ever award to filmmaker Shaun Monson.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Ugg Classic Ultra Mini New Heights Fashion Boot Like the classic Ugg boots, but with a platform heel, these shoes go with just about everything.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Disney’s channels have been removed from YouTube’s pay-TV platform after the two media giants failed to reach a new carriage agreement before Thursday’s midnight deadline passed.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The case winds up in Elsbeth’s and Detective Donnelly’s laps because Beryl’s body (sans head) was found in the city, so even though Beryl’s head (sans body) was discovered in Sleepy Hollow, the whole thing is under NYPD’s jurisdiction.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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The girls were deeply attached to them all, grabbing for their hands and sitting on their laps.—
Natalia Paradies,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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During the formative phase of the infant American republic, when its survival was still problematic, iconic founders performed a valuable function as reliable sources of unquestioned wisdom, a veritable gallery of Delphic oracles available on demand.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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There’s a difference between connection and control, and this lunar phase is here to remind you that true friendship (and healthy group dynamics) doesn’t fear space, evolution or honesty.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Mineo received an Academy Award nomination for his role in Rebel Without a Cause, becoming the second youngest Academy Award nominee, before earning a second nomination for his role in the 1960 historical drama Exodus.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Quinto's on-screen bestie Tamberla Perry channeled Nichelle Nichols as Uhura while Quinto channeled — well, himself, on a Halloween episode of the medical drama.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Stage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stage. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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