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the public performance of plays
drawn to the stage as a career
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as in to present
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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Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
Years after dazzling in primetime by covering herself in fake blood, Gaga had graced the Oscars stage with utmost elegance, capable of evolving her talents and becoming a stately pop spokeswoman.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 4 Nov. 2024
The aggressive roadmap from SK Hynix comes as its closest rival Samsung, which has fallen behind in HBM, tries to stage a comeback and get its most advanced chips certified for use by Nvidia.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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Officials and filmmakers were on hand Tuesday in Taipei to hail the Taiwan Creative Content Fest as a stepping stone for local and Asian creators to mount the world stage.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
Years after dazzling in primetime by covering herself in fake blood, Gaga had graced the Oscars stage with utmost elegance, capable of evolving her talents and becoming a stately pop spokeswoman.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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As the hearing began, around a dozen people staged a small protest outside an SCB branch in Hanoi, demanding the victims be repaid.
—Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 4 Nov. 2024
The aggressive roadmap from SK Hynix comes as its closest rival Samsung, which has fallen behind in HBM, tries to stage a comeback and get its most advanced chips certified for use by Nvidia.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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What can audiences expect from Shelley’s turn at the podium?Samantha Dunn, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
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Ocon’s Alpine teammate Pierre Gasly finished third, the first time in 11 years that an Enstone team has had both its drivers on the podium.Jamie Barton, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Dobbins also spied Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, one of the league’s best passers, a player whose arm needed the assistance of others’ legs to fully succeed.Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 7 Nov. 2024
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To make your own, slip some cardboard under the legs of the couch and slide.Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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But that chapter, written before a July Supreme Court ruling that suggested Florida and Texas laws regulating content moderation flunk First Amendment scrutiny, also notes that Carr met some conservative pushback on that idea from his own Project 2025 collaborators.Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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Even so, there’s a tiredness to the closing chapter of the WTA Finals and ATP Finals that organisers might do well to note.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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But ditto for Bad Bunny, Beyonce, Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen and Harrison Ford, who recorded a video, warning voters about the grave threat Trump presented to democracy.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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And it’s all presented with an impressive technical acumen.Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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Indeed, Taiwan’s decision to respond to incursions into its air defense identification zone by scrambling fighter jets and to trail Chinese navy ships on the seas has heavily taxed its defense platforms and risks exhausting the military, thereby compromising Taiwan’s readiness for direct conflict.David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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It's repeatedly faced harsh criticism over its failure to curb child abuse on the platform.Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Runners who completed more than 35 laps had a relatively constant heart rate-to-speed ratio throughout the race.Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2024
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He was penalized for a safety violation involving a wall ride on the final lap.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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North Carolina State University researchers found that deer movement can be excellent the last hour of daylight during the last-quarter phase of the moon.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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Planning And Design: Creating A Vision With Impact The planning and design phase sets the vision for the project.Meyer Orbach, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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More divisional drama awaits on Thursday, Dec. 12 when the Los Angeles Rams come to Levi’s Stadium, with the regular-season finale Jan. 5 or 6 in Arizona.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Simply by virtue of being an HBO drama with good viewership numbers, The Penguin is at least going to be in the awards conversation.Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Stage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stage. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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