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as in theatre
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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Recent Examples of stage
Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
This practice can open up the late larval stage or pupae to predators or weather to kill them.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025
Ito Bindery, Air Mail, 19 Apr. 2025
The author will soon be staging her one-woman show in the city next month at Sony Hall.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Matheus Nunes’ strike was the eighth occasion that Emery’s team have let one in at that do-or-die stage of a contest.
—Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
This practice can open up the late larval stage or pupae to predators or weather to kill them.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
His childhood friends included Emilio and Charlie, two of Martin Sheen’s children, who got their kicks out of staging fake home invasions on their own family.
—Ito Bindery, Air Mail, 19 Apr. 2025
The author will soon be staging her one-woman show in the city next month at Sony Hall.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage
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The race then ends with one and a half laps of the historic Roubaix velodrome, on the Belgian border, before the winner is presented with a commemorative cobble of their own on the podium.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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About 20 feet from the podium, the two women waited through hours of musical performances and speeches by prominent progressive officials, including Los Angeles City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez and Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) and Maxwell Frost (D-Florida), the first Gen Z member of Congress.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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They’ve been playfully done with conceits like a pommel horse at the end of some beds, table legs wrapped up like vintage tennis racquets, and even wooden climbing racks on the wall.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The American leg includes Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Tampa, Cleveland and Phoenix and will wrap Nov. 21 in Seattle.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Entire chapters of the gospels are devoted to Jesus’s sermons, parables, and private conversations with His disciples.—
Dominic Pino,
National Review,
20 Apr. 2025
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So while the big book on Trumpism is now being written day-by-day, the good news is that the final chapter of a New Patriotism hasn’t yet been drafted.—
Mark Green,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Her dancers were all gay, and this enabled her, as a pop star, to present herself in a new kind of pas de deux with masculinity.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
18 Apr. 2025
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This case presents their unique chance to vindicate that value and to summon the best that is within us while there is still time.—
TIME Staff,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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Several videos of people keying Teslas have gone viral on social media platforms Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Apple and Meta have fallen short of compliance with the DMA by implementing measures that reinforce the dependence of business users and consumers on their platforms.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Last year's Beautiful Bulldog winner, Pumpkin, took her final victory lap as the Drake Relays mascot at the event before handing over the reins to Milo.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Published on April 21, 2025 By Viju Mathew Photo : Neil Fraser, courtesy of RM Sotheby's Photo : Neil Fraser, courtesy of RM Sotheby's At its final professional race, the 1000 Km of Spa in 2010, chassis No. 109 was knocked out of contention after hitting a wall on the 82nd lap.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
21 Apr. 2025
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Discover this week’s must-see night sky events, moon phases, and stunning astrophotos.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, meant to boost your body’s immune system and offer up shorter regeneration phases.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
18 Apr. 2025
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Marsh was appointed Office of the Order of the British Empire in 2012 for her services to drama.—
Elizabeth Stanton,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The series, which ran for five seasons through 1975, won two BAFTA awards, seven Primetime Emmys (including a best drama actress win for Marsh) and a Golden Globe for best drama series.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Stage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stage. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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