staging

Definition of stagingnext
present participle of stage

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of staging On Monday, however, stocks were staging an impressive rebound from last week’s sell-off. Sarah Min, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026 Some are more comfortable than others with staging the show, like high schoolers Bones and Megan, best friends who have grounded heads on their shoulders about how they’ve been ostracized by their broader communities. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 July 2026 Crews are staging the project in phases, with portions of the Blue Line and Red Line being addressed at different times so trains can keep running while construction continues. Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 30 July 2026 Even existing venues that are used to staging massive events will not have the same seating capacity and layout as normal because the Olympics requires special staging areas and stakeholder seating for Olympic family members, media or officials. Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 Lastly, the price of staging the next two events must reflect the reality of another disruptive Middle Eastern campaign. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 July 2026 The Steamfitters were staging protests outside the Pfizer site, accusing the MetroLoft — which employs a mix of union and nonunion contractors — of building on the cheap and tolerating unsafe work conditions. Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026 The league was staging its fight against the NHL Players’ Association knowing a lockout was coming. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026 The Austrian performance artist behind Seaworld Venice is having a moment, after a career spent staging productions that involve herself and which provoke strong reactions. Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 23 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for staging
Verb
  • The Gap is offering deep discounts across stores such as Old Navy and Banana Republic, which may weigh on its shares, according to Barclays.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Nvidia offering its own credit makes that money easier to raise.
    Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • According to a person close to the DeepMind team, Kavukcuoglu had been taking on a broader set of responsibilities from Hassabis over the past year, including directing model development and presenting major Gemini releases.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The duo worked together to share ideas before presenting it to the Royals’ staff for approval.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Then, the two-time Grammy winner donated his earnings, giving $500,000 across the 50 fan competitors in the competition ($10K each) and the remaining $500,000 to charity.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Swavely said in an interview that the play attempts to present Helen’s perspective in the story, reimagining her as a mail-order bride and giving her a voice and agency in her own fate.
    Benjamin Carr, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Churchill Downs races will be televised on NBC with Fox carrying the New York racing television coverage.
    Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The last flight carrying 146 Venezuelans landed in Venezuela just hours before the disaster struck.
    Rocio Munoz, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This compilation, led by contributing editor Ardian Wibisono and contributor Yessar Rosendar, shines a light on top-performing companies with sales above $10 million and below $1 billion.
    Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The hard drive alone contained nearly 500 gigabytes of files and thousands of explicit videos and images of children, including one roughly nine-minute video of a toddler performing oral sex on a grown man, court documents show.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

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“Staging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staging. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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