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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
Denise Chow, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
Born in London on May 22, 1938, Nolan built his foundation in theater, training at the Drama Centre London before launching a career that would take him across some of Britain’s most respected stages.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 11 Apr. 2026
There’s a significant number…still in the very early stages.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
The Waxahachie festival features full-contact jousting tournaments, a mermaid lagoon, rides, games and entertainment on 20 stages.
—Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 10 Apr. 2026
After hatching, neem oil sprays may suppress (but likely won’t eliminate) the nymph stages.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
The first three phases will be focuses on building the sound stages, with the next seven phases focused on completed the sound stages and building houses, mixed-use restaurants and stores.
—Samuel O’Neal April 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
There are 12 stages and performance areas, each with their own programming.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Reliever Jason Adam, in the final stages of his comeback from September’s quad tendon surgery, might join the team on Wednesday in Pittsburgh.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Thompson regularly stages attacks on these agents to study how to best guard against real threats.
—Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Tarkovsky repeatedly stages scenes of Stalker lying down in a fetal position on the cold and damp earth.
—Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
Tiffani Speller runs two short-term rentals in Texas and stages custom celebrations for guests—birthdays, proposals, anniversaries.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2026
As Noma stages one of the most expensive dining events that Southern California has ever seen, labor advocates say the allegations raised in The New York Times reflect a continuing reckoning across the dining world.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 12 Mar. 2026
Yet the director, Vanessa Caswill, stages it all with a tenderly forlorn Middle American plausibility.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
But Woo stages his action sequences with the grace and fluidity of a great Vincente Minnelli set piece, making the gunfights less acts of violence than of pure aesthetic exhilaration and beauty.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
Climbing Temperatures May Hamper Good Sleep Research shows that higher nighttime temperatures are linked to shorter sleep duration, more frequent awakenings, and less time spent in deep and REM sleep — the sleep stages most important for memory, mood regulation, and physical recovery.
—Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
During the early stages of the eclipse, the astronauts had to don special glasses (much like the ones worn by people on Earth to view solar eclipses) to protect their eyes until the sun’s light was fully blocked by the moon.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
Born in London on May 22, 1938, Nolan built his foundation in theater, training at the Drama Centre London before launching a career that would take him across some of Britain’s most respected stages.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 11 Apr. 2026
There’s a significant number…still in the very early stages.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
The Waxahachie festival features full-contact jousting tournaments, a mermaid lagoon, rides, games and entertainment on 20 stages.
—Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 10 Apr. 2026
After hatching, neem oil sprays may suppress (but likely won’t eliminate) the nymph stages.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
The first three phases will be focuses on building the sound stages, with the next seven phases focused on completed the sound stages and building houses, mixed-use restaurants and stores.
—Samuel O’Neal April 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
There are 12 stages and performance areas, each with their own programming.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Reliever Jason Adam, in the final stages of his comeback from September’s quad tendon surgery, might join the team on Wednesday in Pittsburgh.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
Nobody stages a home invasion quite like Steven Soderbergh.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Thompson regularly stages attacks on these agents to study how to best guard against real threats.
—Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Tarkovsky repeatedly stages scenes of Stalker lying down in a fetal position on the cold and damp earth.
—Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
Tiffani Speller runs two short-term rentals in Texas and stages custom celebrations for guests—birthdays, proposals, anniversaries.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2026
As Noma stages one of the most expensive dining events that Southern California has ever seen, labor advocates say the allegations raised in The New York Times reflect a continuing reckoning across the dining world.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 12 Mar. 2026
Yet the director, Vanessa Caswill, stages it all with a tenderly forlorn Middle American plausibility.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
But Woo stages his action sequences with the grace and fluidity of a great Vincente Minnelli set piece, making the gunfights less acts of violence than of pure aesthetic exhilaration and beauty.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
Climbing Temperatures May Hamper Good Sleep Research shows that higher nighttime temperatures are linked to shorter sleep duration, more frequent awakenings, and less time spent in deep and REM sleep — the sleep stages most important for memory, mood regulation, and physical recovery.
—Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stages
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After two podiums in the first two 2026 rounds, Ferrari has a strong foundation from which to build on in this new era, one that’s allowed its drivers to be competitive even when facing a performance deficit to Mercedes, primarily in straight-line speed.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Aicher has gathered nine podiums this season across slalom, super-G and downhill, with three wins from the speed events.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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How to Get Around With lush gardens, scenic ocean paths, and historic boulevards, Yokohama is the perfect place to stretch your legs and explore on foot.—
Kim Kay,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2026
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Passengers sit side-by-side in long rows, legs dangling, facing a large domed screen.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This is the hard truth of some phases of some relationships.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Amazon, though, has built out in phases a $140 million, 142,000-square-foot satellite processing facility in the same location on a parcel at KSC leased by Space Florida, the state’s aerospace finance and development authority.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The team and players — two of whom accepted asylum offers to remain in Australia — didn't comment on the matter.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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DoorDash holds more than half of the US food delivery market and offers drone services in parts of Charlotte, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Virginia.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For years, Russia has sought to take the internet under total government control and potentially cut it off from the rest of the world, blocking tens of thousands of websites, messaging apps and social media platforms that refuse to cooperate with the authorities.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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And then there are platforms like the incredible Abby Pucker’s Gertie, that does independent exhibitions.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The pole position laps set by Mercedes drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli in Australia and Japan were noteworthy for the sharp drop in speed at the fastest, famous, points of those circuits because of super clipping.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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And as Denver searches for value with a duller draft outlook post-Waddle, team officials have done significant homework on a slew of prospects who could fall into their laps in the seventh round.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Also involved are local chapters of progressive groups, energy interests, construction firms and data center developers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Viz Media, which has held the English-language North American manga license since 2021, began releasing simultaneous English chapters alongside the Japanese publication in May 2023.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The central and longest section presents the Guru’s grievances against Aurangzeb in the style of a Sufi pir (spiritual guide) addressing a deviant murid (disciple), indicting the emperor for violating the oath and sanctioning the murder of Gobind Singh’s sons.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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Its hybrid analog-digital architecture now presents reliability challenges as components age out of production.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Stages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stages. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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