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
Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
In his previous films, Cooper has had – quite literally – huge stages to play with.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
There are four basic types of the disorder, which are characterized by periods of elation and hyperactivity known as manic episodes, which are then followed by depressive stages where the patient experiences feelings of sadness and depression.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
The Reebok Smart Ring tracks heart rate, heart rate variability, blood oxygen level, steps, stress and sleep duration and stages to provide insights on overall wellness and how to enhance performance.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Now that Joanne doesn’t need to learn Judaism 101, the narrative is more about the trickiness of relationships in their various stages than a non-Jewish person encountering the religion for the first time.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
Pests In the late stages, a severe infestation of mealybugs or spider mites causes leaves to brown.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
The vehicle is capable of carrying 165 tons (150 metric tons) to the final frontier, and both of its stages — the Super Heavy booster and an upper stage known as Starship, or Ship for short — are designed to be fully and rapidly reusable.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
From global stages to secret dates, Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau's romance keeps making waves.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
Ed later drags his brother's body out to the field and stages a fire to cover it up.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 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
In the show, Gein strikes Henry with a piece of wood, then drags his body into the woods and stages a brush fire to explain Henry's death.
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
In the show, Gein strikes Henry with a piece of wood, then drags his body into the woods and stages a brush fire to explain Henry's death.
—Jr Radcliffe, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Scarlet feels like his biggest movie yet, a ruminative war picture that stages medieval battles and pitches its characters through the mortal coil and back.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Two ring magnets seen at the centers of the side panel’s bottom edge are placed there for that purpose, and Montech’s product page for the HS01 Pro even stages a photo of how the case looks with its glass panel on the right side and the half-wrap light bar near the top.
—Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025
The two teams will come face to face for the first time since 2009, when Real Madrid twice beat Marseille in the group stages with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring two goals in each of the two meetings between the teams.
—Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
The study consisted of two stages of five weeks apiece.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
In his previous films, Cooper has had – quite literally – huge stages to play with.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
There are four basic types of the disorder, which are characterized by periods of elation and hyperactivity known as manic episodes, which are then followed by depressive stages where the patient experiences feelings of sadness and depression.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
The Reebok Smart Ring tracks heart rate, heart rate variability, blood oxygen level, steps, stress and sleep duration and stages to provide insights on overall wellness and how to enhance performance.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Now that Joanne doesn’t need to learn Judaism 101, the narrative is more about the trickiness of relationships in their various stages than a non-Jewish person encountering the religion for the first time.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
Pests In the late stages, a severe infestation of mealybugs or spider mites causes leaves to brown.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
The vehicle is capable of carrying 165 tons (150 metric tons) to the final frontier, and both of its stages — the Super Heavy booster and an upper stage known as Starship, or Ship for short — are designed to be fully and rapidly reusable.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
From global stages to secret dates, Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau's romance keeps making waves.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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
Ed later drags his brother's body out to the field and stages a fire to cover it up.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 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
In the show, Gein strikes Henry with a piece of wood, then drags his body into the woods and stages a brush fire to explain Henry's death.
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
In the show, Gein strikes Henry with a piece of wood, then drags his body into the woods and stages a brush fire to explain Henry's death.
—Jr Radcliffe, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Scarlet feels like his biggest movie yet, a ruminative war picture that stages medieval battles and pitches its characters through the mortal coil and back.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Two ring magnets seen at the centers of the side panel’s bottom edge are placed there for that purpose, and Montech’s product page for the HS01 Pro even stages a photo of how the case looks with its glass panel on the right side and the half-wrap light bar near the top.
—Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025
The two teams will come face to face for the first time since 2009, when Real Madrid twice beat Marseille in the group stages with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring two goals in each of the two meetings between the teams.
—Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stages
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Among the injuries the child suffered, Hestrin said, were a partial bone fracture of the skull, a brain hemorrhage and injuries to the ribs and legs.—
Madeline Morrison,
NBC news,
17 Oct. 2025
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Their gentle warm-up then transitions into a dynamic aerial exercise, where both robots lift their legs into the air and perform a twist.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The increasing number of offenses that want to play in 12 personnel need to have tight ends who might excel in one area but can be above-average in both phases of the offense.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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One, in particular, was what Jenner said sparked her love for colored hair, leading to one of her most recognizable phases to date.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Alternatively, a clamp-style version offers similar experiences for non-MagSafe items.—
Anita Katee,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
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And while Sturm offers a small group of men’s options (the Face Cream Men doubles as an after-shave soother), some of her male clientele seem content to buy the primary unisex line.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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Verstappen dominated Sunday’s main race, leading Leclerc and Norris out of Turn 1 and building an insurmountable 10-second lead after 20 of the race’s 56 laps.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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The 44-year-old driver revealed how those last few laps went so quickly as his car supported him in executing a different strategy.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Center for Renewing America fellows had written two more chapters in the report.—
Andy Kroll,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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Center for Renewing America fellows had written two more chapters in the report.—
Andy Kroll,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Unlike a killer hiding in the woods, a guy who gets you in your dreams is literally impossible to hide from, and watching our plucky heroine Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) trying to resist sleep presents a new kind of awful torture.—
Gwen Ihnat,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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Jones has been very open about being willing to take a big swing if one presents itself.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Experts say the biggest jump has been online, through smartphone apps and platforms like DraftKings and FanDuel.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Project Cloud Nita Platform Sneakers Despite their chunkiness, the platforms are super lightweight and stable, thanks to a grippy non-slip rubber sole.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Stages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stages. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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