stage-managing

present participle of stage-manage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage-managing
Verb
  • Not in our communities, but protecting assets & high priority targets downtown so that our @Chicago_Police don’t have to babysit the Bean or Buckingham Fountain for eight hours a day.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Terranea has been committed to protecting wildlife habitats and enhancing local water quality.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 2 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
  • The incessant crackdowns, and the campaigns of censorship or censoriousness, suggest that the Chinese regime is intent on not just eliminating opposition, but also micromanaging its people’s lifestyles, consumption, and beliefs.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Andrea spends his free time here when not traveling the world performing, while his younger brother Alberto and his family quietly tend to the 300 acres of grain fields, vines, and olive trees, safeguarding the land their ancestors once farmed as sharecroppers.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Looming over all those issues is China, which has built out a mammoth, if not yet cutting-edge, shipbuilding sector, and whose threats against Taiwan could have a knock-on effect towards American commitments to safeguarding South Korea, Seoul fears.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Whomever the safeties were guarding.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Strong support for keeping those requirements comes from existing homeowners guarding the value of their homes, their greatest investment, speakers said.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The signs, in Lukas' iconic green and white, hang on the wood posts leading into the gap where horses enter and exit the track for training.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
  • His condition went unaddressed during nearly four months in Eloy Detention Center, and three leading infectious disease public health researchers said opportunities to save his life were missed.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Stage-managing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stage-managing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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