stage-manage

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Recent Examples of stage-manage For example, with the Foundation’s stage-managing, downtown Mount Vernon saw the rebuild (with AF funds) of a former town square eyesore that is now the lovely Mount Vernon Grand Hotel. Jack Fowler, National Review, 4 July 2025 So says Eleanor, who embodies the movie’s reality principle, not only handling the logistics of the ailing architect’s hospital stay and of Jin’s visit but also stage-managing, with unseen but adroit string-pulling, Casey’s new future. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 June 2025 Taylor Swift and Katy Perry’s feud — over backup dancers, of all things — was still partly stage-managed. Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 5 Apr. 2025 Most of Biden’s media appearances have been stage-managed and sparing, and recently, they have been used as a form of damage control. Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2024 Donors to his campaign have been struck by how stage-managed those receptions tend to be. Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024 In fact, most studios stage-managed their contract players’ public images, dressing them on-screen and off. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2024 Over the next two decades, Fulbright would stage-manage some of the most deeply civic moments of the era. Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage-manage
Verb
  • With his back against the wall, Tony must draw on his tactical training to protect his family and survive a deadly showdown with a powerful crime syndicate.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Some Cosmists saw technology as destructive and transformative, while others believed its role should be to protect and preserve.
    Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kids desperately want to be able to explore and play without adults micromanaging them, Skenazy says.
    Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Founders don’t have to micromanage things themselves because the right people can take care of everything without their involvement.
    Eugenia Mykuliak, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Many workers live in a constant state of uncertainty, unsure how to safeguard themselves or their families if deportation becomes a reality.
    David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The result is an erosion of individual agency and a system that guards access rather than broadens it.
    Anmol Verma, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This conversation should always be open, hones, and not guarded or ashamed.
    Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Stage-manage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stage-manage. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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