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
Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
The festival is expected to host more than 50,000 people each day of the event, with multiple stages in place for performances.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
The Blue Bag program went ahead despite being savaged by critics for years throughout its planning stages, and was not considered a success when it was scrapped more than a dozen years later for the city's current blue cart program.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Events across the region are taking place all day at schools, local businesses, houses of worship and burned down local landmarks in various stages of rebuilding.
—David Wilson, Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
Mantha was once a high-pedigree young player and has flashed top-six potential at stages in his career, but Brazeau, an undrafted 27-year-old, had only scored 29 points in 95 career NHL games before this season.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Special guests and experts will lead seminars on fishing, gardening and cooking on three separate stages.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Goforth is hoping to be open by the spring of 2026, with remodeling plans for the tasting room in the very beginning stages.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
There are still, however, a number of stages to go before the government is reopened.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Eloise Tyson, a spokesperson for the All England Lawn Tennis Club, which stages Wimbledon, noted that overall Grand Slam prize money had risen from $209 million in 2022 to $254 million in 2024 — a 22-percent increase.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
The town’s Crans-sur-Sierre golf club, down the street from the bar, stages the European Masters each August on a picturesque course.
—Jamey Keaten, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
The Cookeville History Museum preserves regional artifacts, and the Cookeville Performing Arts Center stages a variety of performances including dance, plays and musicals.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Dec. 2025
In one of the few refreshingly Globes-y choices, Prime Video’s The Girlfriend — in which Robin Wright stages a grand battle of wills with her son’s new girlfriend — picked up a pair of nominations, one for Best Limited or Anthology Series and one for Wright herself.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
In November, Milwaukee Repertory Theater stages its first musical in the rebuilt and upgraded Checota Powerhouse Theater.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Mark Neville, the CEO of Sports San Diego, which stages the Holiday Bowl, visited the country in June for meetings and to discuss logistics.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
While Rambaldi stages a runway show in Milan, the Paris initiative is currently his only showroom.
—Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
In North Carolina, only 29% of independent stages identified themselves as profitable in 2024, according to a report from the National Independent Venues Association.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
The festival is expected to host more than 50,000 people each day of the event, with multiple stages in place for performances.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
The Blue Bag program went ahead despite being savaged by critics for years throughout its planning stages, and was not considered a success when it was scrapped more than a dozen years later for the city's current blue cart program.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Events across the region are taking place all day at schools, local businesses, houses of worship and burned down local landmarks in various stages of rebuilding.
—David Wilson, Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
Mantha was once a high-pedigree young player and has flashed top-six potential at stages in his career, but Brazeau, an undrafted 27-year-old, had only scored 29 points in 95 career NHL games before this season.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Special guests and experts will lead seminars on fishing, gardening and cooking on three separate stages.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Goforth is hoping to be open by the spring of 2026, with remodeling plans for the tasting room in the very beginning stages.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
There are still, however, a number of stages to go before the government is reopened.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
Park stages Man-su’s homicide attempts as slapstick set pieces in which our clumsy antihero himself barely gets out alive.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Eloise Tyson, a spokesperson for the All England Lawn Tennis Club, which stages Wimbledon, noted that overall Grand Slam prize money had risen from $209 million in 2022 to $254 million in 2024 — a 22-percent increase.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
The town’s Crans-sur-Sierre golf club, down the street from the bar, stages the European Masters each August on a picturesque course.
—Jamey Keaten, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
The Cookeville History Museum preserves regional artifacts, and the Cookeville Performing Arts Center stages a variety of performances including dance, plays and musicals.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Dec. 2025
In one of the few refreshingly Globes-y choices, Prime Video’s The Girlfriend — in which Robin Wright stages a grand battle of wills with her son’s new girlfriend — picked up a pair of nominations, one for Best Limited or Anthology Series and one for Wright herself.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
In November, Milwaukee Repertory Theater stages its first musical in the rebuilt and upgraded Checota Powerhouse Theater.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Mark Neville, the CEO of Sports San Diego, which stages the Holiday Bowl, visited the country in June for meetings and to discuss logistics.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
While Rambaldi stages a runway show in Milan, the Paris initiative is currently his only showroom.
—Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stages
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The federal determination highlights how permitting males to compete on female teams displaces female athletes from podiums, denies them advancement opportunities, and diminishes their visibility and recognition in competitions.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, those conversations soon moved from behind closed doors to press conference podiums, a further indication that this next once-unthinkable development would soon become the new normal.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The present-day Red Sox are on the other side of that rebuild, and have no legs on which to stand in this entirely avoidable calamity of losing both Devers and Bregman.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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The prospectors liked to compare the warm, unctuous caress of the silt on their legs and thighs to the kisses of ten thousand lips, rather than imagine that the river had nothing to offer them—except mud.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Commercial Sb₂O₃ and Nb₂O₅ were reacted at high temperature in ambient air, yielding uniform rod-like TNO crystals ranging from 500 nm to 2 µm without detectable secondary phases.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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Gamarra said earlier phases of Venezuelan migration featured people with more money and more education, who were better able to afford to buy in Weston.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Along with the restaurants, the building’s street-level retail offers a variety of fashion, wellness and lifestyle brands that are already open, including the James + Joy children’s boutique and Queen & Cotton clothing shop.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Jan. 2026
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The system offers 31 degrees of freedom, including articulated hands, a multi-DOF waist with braking, a movable head, and binocular vision for human-like perception.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Bold prints and vibrant colors, think leopard platforms or colorful faux-fur heels, are the easiest way to inject personality and turn even the most neutral outfit into a head-turner.—
Erica Paige,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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DroneHunter Varta features a modular design intended for use across different platforms.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Larson, 33, completed the feat earning the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series title during the final laps of Sunday’s race at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona.—
Marcus Smith,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Close and Teyana Taylor get closest to the assignment, but Paulson is doing laps around all of them.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Overall, this is a less-adventurous release than past chapters of Little Book, but there are a range of classic bourbon notes like vanilla, maple, honey, pear, baked apple, and that signature Jim Beam peanut note.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
7 Nov. 2025
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Subsequent chapters of its intriguing nine-episode premiere season will be released each following Friday.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Mamdani presents his politics as a fight for fairness and unity.—
David Moore,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Still, Denmark presents a special case.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Stages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stages. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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