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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
Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2026
While Spectrum and Potestad will be presented proscenium style with the audience in the room’s regular seats, Strategic Love Play will be performed with the audience on stage with the actors.
—Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
The Producers is being staged at London’s Garrick Theatre; The Psychic is set for the York Theatre Royal.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Soon after taking office, as most Marylanders know, the new governor was diagnosed with stage-three lymphoma, which had spread throughout his body.
—Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2026
While Spectrum and Potestad will be presented proscenium style with the audience in the room’s regular seats, Strategic Love Play will be performed with the audience on stage with the actors.
—Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
However, Duxbury staged a 6-2 run of its own to begin the ensuing frame, as Tristan Sheehan found a rhythm offensively to push the Dragons ahead, 15-14.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
The Producers is being staged at London’s Garrick Theatre; The Psychic is set for the York Theatre Royal.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage
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London — Athletes on the podium at the Winter Olympics in Italy this month will be awarded the most expensive medals in the history of the Games, thanks to soaring precious metals prices.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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This World Cup season has delivered rotating podiums, razor-thin margins often decided by hundredths of a second, and speeds pushing 75–85 mph on true fall-line tracks.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
5 Feb. 2026
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Doncic turned to run back up the court and grabbed the back of his left leg.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Hawks defenseman Wyatt Kaiser was injured and helped off the ice after Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski — who opened the scoring and the Columbus cannon firing — fell on his leg.—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The right ingredients One day in early 2011, Berry chanced upon what would become his next chapter.—
Ernestine Siu,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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The transition is easy to read due to the author’s use of the character name and year on each chapter cover page.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2026
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Albarn is also composing a score and songs for Artificial, director Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming comedy-drama film about the rise of AI technology.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Internet was set alight with Brooklyn's innocent public display of affection weeks after the budding chef aired his family drama in a manifesto posted online.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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This balance of fine dining and homestyle hospitality continues with familiar dishes presented in modern and elegant ways.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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Artificial intelligence is frequently presented as a solution to some of society’s most complex challenges.—
Heather Madden,
Boston Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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Cisco says the platform is built to support massive AI clusters running training, inference, and real-time agentic workloads while improving efficiency and lowering operating costs.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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The post racked up millions of likes before later being removed — but not before copies spread widely across other international platforms.—
Trista Kurniawan,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Other flight attendants and several passengers who did not have seatbelts on also hit the ceiling, including a baby being held on a lap and someone in the lavatory.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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With Eric Heiden, the only speedskater to win five golds at one Olympics, sitting next to rapper Snoop Dogg in the stands, Stolz pulled ahead of de Boo by the time one full lap was done.—
Howard Fendrich,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Medal or not, she was supposed to cross the finish line, literally and metaphorically, and move on to the next phase of her life.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Mladenov, a Bulgarian diplomat, as the director-general of the board meant to oversee the implementation of the second and far more complicated phase of the ceasefire.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Stage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stage. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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