as in veteran
a person with long experience in a specified area
an old stager who resented the young upstarts in the brokerage firm
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Recent Examples of stager
Most stagers require payment up front; Curbio is paid at closing.
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Wendy A. Jordan, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
Professional home stager and stylist Barb Perez often recommends tan paint colors.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2023
When simple imitation fell short, the stagers went deeper, explaining the principles behind Bausch’s movement style.
—Marina Harss, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
Once again, the show is directed by that master stager of challenging properties, Alex Timbers, who helmed the original Off Broadway gig.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
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Wendy A. Jordan, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
Professional home stager and stylist Barb Perez often recommends tan paint colors.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2023
When simple imitation fell short, the stagers went deeper, explaining the principles behind Bausch’s movement style.
—Marina Harss, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
Once again, the show is directed by that master stager of challenging properties, Alex Timbers, who helmed the original Off Broadway gig.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stager
veteran
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Alex Caruso, one of the team’s veterans, was a bench guy, until he was tasked with defending Nikola Jokić during the Thunder’s series against the Denver Nuggets, and did about as good a job as anyone has ever done of shutting Jokić down.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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Twenty-two a day has been a call-to-action statistic, although the most recent data from the 2024 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report (using 2022 numbers) puts it at 17.6 veterans committing suicide per day, which is significantly higher than among non-veteran adults.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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“Stager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stager. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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