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stage-managed

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past tense of stage-manage

as in micromanaged

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Alston also alleged the trustees micromanaged the hiring of key leaders.

— Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
Bottom line, associates are supported and encouraged rather than micromanaged.

— Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

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Both of those pitches have better protected his four-seam fastball, a pitch Nola has commanded much better.

— Matt Gelb, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Spacecraft are typically protected from debris impacts by some form of a Whipple shield, which has a thin outer bumper with a space between the bumper and the wall of the spacecraft.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of protected

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In theory, the paper maintains its independence through a 1994 congressional framework and First Amendment protections safeguarded by Congress.

— Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Longtime Webb producer Fred Mollin, who safeguarded the compositions for years, helped bring them back into the light.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of safeguarded

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For all of the franchise’s misadventures, the Mets — led by ones who were there for that sad September in 2001 — get this right.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Now, a team led by Ron Folman, a physicist at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, with collaborators in Germany, the UK, and the US, including Nobel laureate Roger Penrose, has done it.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

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