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

Teams will inspect returning stages and prepare them for refurbishment before subsequent missions. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 Many enterprise processes already have known stages, business rules and dependencies. — Pritam Debnath, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The book follows the SKIMs billionaire in various stages of her fabulous life. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 The sources emphasized that the investigators are in the preliminary stages of their investigation. — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 At the absolute earliest stages, 5-year survival can rise to more than 90%. — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026 The deal appears to be in its early stages, as both sides have not revealed exactly how CNN will incorporate Google’s AI efforts to drive audiences toward its journalism. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 Whiskey Myers, unrelated to the 19-year-old Myers, will also take one of the GoldenSky stages in October. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Of course, Gen Zers are still in the early stages of their careers and have yet to enter their prime earnings years. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Verb

Florida stages emergency resources The Florida State Emergency Response Team is mobilizing resources ahead of the storm, with supplies being strategically staged in Tallahassee and the Santa Rosa area for rapid deployment if needed, DeSantis said. — Sergio Candido, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 The company stages live fights where people remotely control humanoid robots against other humanoid robots. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Lowe’s principal is out for a blue ribbon prize from the school district, and to sabotage his ambitions Doug stages an original musical in secret starring his earnest, talented young students. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026 McKinley stages a few bullet-sweating sequences of peril, including a particularly brutal transport of gold bars across a crumbling rope bridge and an underwater accident exacerbated by floating logs. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 Through serial repetition, role-play, and the oscillation between masculine and feminine visual codes, Stötzer stages gender as something performed rather than possessed. — Elisa R. Linn, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 August 2027 will be the last time that East Lake stages the championship in its four-day, 72-hole format. — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 29 Aug. 2026 For the last decade, Goodheart has also been the producing artistic director of the Elm Shakespeare Company, which stages Shakespeare plays every summer in Edgerton Park on the New Haven/Hamden border. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026 And the International Olympic Committee stages a Youth Olympic Games every four years for those ages 15 to 17. — Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stages

Noun

The California Interscholastic Federation, which oversees high school athletics, also revised its rules to ensure that transgender athletes in individual sports do not displace cisgender ones from rankings or medal podiums.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
The latest achievement for Adidas comes after the brand swept the men’s and women’s podiums in Berlin last month — the first time since 2017 that one brand was worn by all six top competitors.

— Katie Abel, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of podiums

Noun

After the Dallas Cowboys’ collapse against the previously winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home on Thursday night, the team will have a break this weekend to look in the mirror at some potential changes in all three phases.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
Huafon will invest directly alongside Circ and other investors, with additional processing capacity planned for later phases.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of phases

Verb

The Cold Song offers a case study in how public broadcasters can preserve space for ambitious, international television at a time when commercial outfits are hedging their bets.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
The new Fashionphile report is loaded with data on the platform’s sellers in 2026, and also offers insight into the year’s generational, geographical and style trends.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of offers

Noun

Access to the two platforms is via escalators, a lift, or stairs, all well-signed and large enough to accommodate passenger volumes.

— Sophia Dyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
However, conversations with CIOs and other market participants suggest that large enterprises (more than SMBs) are unlikely to replace platforms that house their business logic, data, workflows and compliance frameworks.

— Michael Bloom, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of platforms

Noun

The internet had a field day, but just as the fans started to take their victory laps, Brady got hot.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
At the settlement’s nutrition center, mothers sit on mats with young children in their laps while members of a visiting UNICEF delegation crouch to speak with them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of laps

Noun

The narrative tone of certain chapters is conspiratorial while demystifying state secrets as if guiding an audience through insider baseball.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
The first four chapters set the story up like a novel, building the characters.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of chapters

Verb

Goldfish centers on a 17-year-old high school senior who presents as detached, ironic and emotionally armored, but underneath is quietly paralyzed by fear of failure, abandonment and becoming his parents.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026
The Lynn Philharmonia, under the direction of Maestro Jon Robertson, presents inaugural pops concert gala featuring some of America’s most iconic orchestral music.

— Mike Hamersly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

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