stage business

noun

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The segment includes the sale of film and episodic television in TV/SVOD and home entertainment (some of which was previously reported as part of the giant’s media networks unit), distribution of films theatrically, licensing of music rights and its stage business. Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2025 Some stage business, including a crucial moment of violence between Juicy and Larry, was sloppily executed. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024 The opening number sets up this tangle, and is a dizzying beast to stage, whether in a small-town community theater or on Broadway: about fifteen minutes long, a dozen singers, all crossing among one another in a market square’s worth of stage business. Vulture, 10 July 2022 Christina Goerke, as Ortrud, powered through some silly stage business with characteristic feistiness. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for stage business

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First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stage business was in 1825

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“Stage business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20business. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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