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staged the full body of Shakespeare's plays in the course of a year
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Recent Examples of staged
Steve Patterson, Florida Times-Union, 5 Feb. 2026
Brazil’s Sao Paulo became a host in 2024, and this season saw debuts for Dublin, Berlin and Madrid as the NFL staged seven regular-season games abroad — a record that will be eclipsed next season.
—Ken Maguire, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Xi and Putin last met in Beijing when China staged a massive military parade in September that was also attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
—Reuters, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
In North Texas, students in Fort Worth, Birdville and Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISDs staged walkouts last Friday.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
Today’s staged raid reinforces our conviction that this investigation distorts French law, circumvents due process, and endangers free speech.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
Its scenes are finely composed and precisely staged yet fluidly energetic.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
Following its unboxing in Löhne, the robot has entered practical testing focused on real workflows rather than demonstrations or staged performances.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
Those intensive collages implied, and even staged, his successive incarnations across six decades of musical self-reinvention.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
The weddings were staged in Florida, New York, Connecticut and Nevada, and all happened in 2024 and 2025, court records say.
—Steve Patterson, Florida Times-Union, 5 Feb. 2026
Brazil’s Sao Paulo became a host in 2024, and this season saw debuts for Dublin, Berlin and Madrid as the NFL staged seven regular-season games abroad — a record that will be eclipsed next season.
—Ken Maguire, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Xi and Putin last met in Beijing when China staged a massive military parade in September that was also attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
—Reuters, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
In North Texas, students in Fort Worth, Birdville and Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISDs staged walkouts last Friday.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
Today’s staged raid reinforces our conviction that this investigation distorts French law, circumvents due process, and endangers free speech.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
Its scenes are finely composed and precisely staged yet fluidly energetic.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
Following its unboxing in Löhne, the robot has entered practical testing focused on real workflows rather than demonstrations or staged performances.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
Those intensive collages implied, and even staged, his successive incarnations across six decades of musical self-reinvention.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for staged
Adjective
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The risk is in presuming that anything subversive or sensational is also true and meaningful, and that anything conventional is a lie that must be smashed down.—
Laura K. Field,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
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And then, Beyoncé, who has a stranglehold on excellence and can woo 100,000 with a look, shattered that bit of black-and-white history with a purple light, flames shooting up from the stage, and a sensational and sensual performance.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The shooting script ended with the Cygnus entering the black hole, but offered no instruction on what was to happen next.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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While some companies failed to impress investors, others proved their ability to capitalize on solid growth opportunities offered by the ongoing AI boom.—
TipRanks,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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The weapons have attracted plenty of interest from foreign clients, and Skyfall recently presented it at arms fairs in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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And the data often is presented in a way that's not useful for patients, sometimes buried in spreadsheets and requiring a deep knowledge of billing codes.—
Darius Tahir,
NPR,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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As for the tourists, their van pulls up, far in the background of a long shot that gazes through the grand lobby of the hotel—where, in the foreground, a small folk orchestra of blind musicians, accompanied by a dance troupe’s festive gyrations, provides a showy welcome.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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Plants feature showy crimson blooms packed with long petals and olive-green foliage that smells like anise when crushed.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The trust accumulated over those projects was what gave both Netflix and Honnold the confidence to mount a spectacle as daring as a rope-less skyscraper climb captured on live TV.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Feb. 2026
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The façade was pure marketing, with Schubert and Mozart gazing down on an arched display window that gave views into the rotunda.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Days before the Olympic torch was lit at San Siro, Milan’s Piazza del Duomo, which fronts the city’s elaborate Gothic cathedral, was packed with Olympic visitors, many wearing sweatshirts and jackets bearing the flags of their homelands.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Or, perhaps, this was all just an elaborate ruse to clear a roster spot for third-string point guard Pat Spencer.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Ratti carried the torch for a portion of its journey through Turin in January.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
6 Feb. 2026
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This week Dogg was one of the torchbearers for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and carried the flame on Wednesday in Gallarate, a town in the Milanese suburbs.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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While Amazon has recently been pegged as an AI laggard, this view may be overdone.—
R. Scott Raynovich,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The analysts said gross margin worries are overdone.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Staged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staged. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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