Thesaurus results for STAGES

stages 1 of 2

noun

plural of stage

as in podiums

a level usually raised surface spoke to the audience from a small stage in front

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Relevance

as in legs

a portion of a trip this is only the first stage of the journey

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as in phases

an individual part of a process, series, or ranking in the last stage of the project

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stages

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of stage

as in offers

to bring before the public in performance or exhibition staged the full body of Shakespeare's plays in the course of a year

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Recent Examples of stages

Noun

Armando Babani/Getty Images Demonstrators attributed that to an effort by the Albanian government to quell public anger over the project but also told CBS News the planning stages of the development had already caused environmental damage. —

Emmet Lyons, CBS News, 6 June 2026 Instead, it is found as a byproduct in the early stages of aluminum production, particularly during the Bayer process. —

Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 June 2026 Fast forward to the early stages of her career in entertainment. —

Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 6 June 2026 According to Dubi, organizers have already raised more revenue than previous organizing committees had achieved at comparable stages and have engaged what could become the largest volunteer pool in Olympic history. —

Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026 There are many stages of grief. —

The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026 Can two of the other three teams will re-write their history in the competition by getting into the knockout stages? —

Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 June 2026 According to the Guardian, Debug is using Google engineers and scientists to build an AI-computer vision system to separate males from females, but this technology is still in its early stages. —

Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 4 June 2026 Police have not released the woman’s name or cause of death, stating the investigation is in the preliminary stages. —

Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 31 May 2026

Verb

Barnett’s Bruin, in turn, unlocks those desires — Wills stages a haunting and sexy moment where Bruin does tai chi with a toy sword of power that’s probably thematically richer than anything in the He-Man film that’s coming out this week. —

Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 3 June 2026 Priya Das, co-founder of Mosaic America, the umbrella organization that stages the festival, says its year-round mission is to create meaningful ways for groups to share their traditions with the larger community. —

Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 2 June 2026 Through its characters, the book stages an argument about the virtues of various types of maps—those that are measured, those that are recollected, those that are dreamed. —

Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 The revamp has replaced the traditional 32-team group stages with a single-league system of 36 teams, each playing six matches — three at home and three away. —

Andy Naylor, New York Times, 29 May 2026 Now adults, after a childhood marred with tragedy, Guin flogs a memoir only tangentially related to the truth, and Ennis stages a new art exhibit, despite what happened at the last one. —

Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026 Against this climate of business uncertainty, which seems be growing as the year progresses, the ICSC trade organization stages its largest event of the year — ICSC Las Vegas — Monday through Wednesday. —

David Moin, Footwear News, 18 May 2026 So if such a pathogen stages an attack after immunization, those immune cells will be able to recognize the invaders quickly and destroy them. —

Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026 The playhouse also stages seasonal works, like A Christmas Carol. —

Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 13 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stages

Noun

The Standards and Practices podiums had to match our visual language and work within the game mechanic.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
His mission now extends beyond performance and podiums.

— Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026