stage-manages

present tense third-person singular of stage-manage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage-manages
Verb
  • Health information collected by wearables and consumer apps does not fall under HIPAA, the federal law that protects records held by hospitals, doctors and insurers.
    Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026
  • Consistently high-quality sleep protects a leader’s judgment, temperament, and emotional regulation.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • The vault safeguards more than 1,000 historic objects set with over 22,000 gemstones, while conference sessions will take place immediately outside it, giving attendees ample opportunity to explore the collection.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Most governments have so far balked at putting in place mandatory rules about what safeguards companies developing advanced AI systems need to build into their models or have in place internally to guard against losing control of AI agents.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • There’s this belief in the NFL that the more a player thinks about injuries, guards themselves to prevent them, the more they are destined to happen.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • The first encounter with water comes at the opening par three 4th hole, where a small pond guards the front of the green.
    Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • Soon, the leader speaks first, corrects too quickly, micromanages decisions and surrounds themselves with people who have learned that agreement is safer than curiosity.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Chopping up their parents and teachers has never been so much fun as these kids take command gleefully and with joy as the ice cream man (actor Ari Millen in a dialogue-less performance) leads the band.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
  • More serious and rare than postpartum depression, psychosis leads patients to struggle with their perceptions of reality.
    Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
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“Stage-manages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stage-manages. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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