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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
Laura Schober, Health, 6 Mar. 2025
Key aspects of investment laddering that need to be considered while drafting an investment policy are:
• Maximum maturity for any investment: This typically ranges from two to three years for most companies in the growth stage.
—Sunayana Gutta, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 5 Mar. 2025
In a summary of an internal investigation published Tuesday evening, Shin Bet, officially the Israel Security Agency, said that a wide range of factors were responsible for Hamas’ ability to stage the catastrophic attack.
—Lauren Izso, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Certain lifestyle and dietary habits in the early stages of bone loss can help prevent further bone loss.
—Laura Schober, Health, 6 Mar. 2025
Key aspects of investment laddering that need to be considered while drafting an investment policy are:
• Maximum maturity for any investment: This typically ranges from two to three years for most companies in the growth stage.
—Sunayana Gutta, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
Sam Worthington is staging a prison break at Netflix.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 5 Mar. 2025
In a summary of an internal investigation published Tuesday evening, Shin Bet, officially the Israel Security Agency, said that a wide range of factors were responsible for Hamas’ ability to stage the catastrophic attack.
—Lauren Izso, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage
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His performance helped carry the Cadets to the team championship with a score of 273 points, marking a return to the podium at the University of Minnesota’s Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center for the first time since STA won the last of five straight team titles in 2016.—
Frank Rajkowski,
Twin Cities,
9 Mar. 2025
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Daniel was the last to speak, hugging his uncle on the way to the podium, sharing his father’s love of storytelling.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2025
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The team ruled him out with a sprained right ankle ahead of tipoff in the second leg of a back-to-back against the L.A. Clippers on Friday.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Lucy Bronze, the Chelsea full-back admired for powerful running, remembers the wind and enthusiasm thrusting her legs forward as a child in northernmost England.—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The first set of grades, issued last April, drew criticism from Jewish campus groups, including chapters of Hillel and Chabad, who argued that the grades did not reflect a complex reality.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2025
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Jisoo is the latest member of Blackpink to embark on an exciting solo chapter.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Yet the papacy is also an office and advances in modern medicine and life expectancy have presented a new scenario.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
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The scores thus present Lakȟóta geometric designs as a legible visual language with room in its meaning for variable reinterpretation, like musical notation.—
Christopher T. Green,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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Users and advertisers have fled the social media platform, partly in response to Musk’s promotion of conspiracy theories and neo-Nazi accounts.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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The Shein platform boasts more than 150 million users.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
WWD,
6 Mar. 2025
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Columbia Rounding the bend with just two laps remaining in Saturday’s 3,000-meter final, Missouri’s Drew Rogers ran in the eighth position, hugging the back of the lead pack.—
Jacob Louraine,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2025
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Christian Eidson, Tench’s good friend of 10 years, silently wept in the courtroom — one hand clasping his lips and the other holding his round glasses in his lap — as Robinson appeared in a bright orange Mecklenburg Detention Center uniform.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Mar. 2025
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During the first phase, fighting largely halted and Hamas released 25 Israeli hostages from Gaza, along with the bodies of eight others.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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The expiration of the first phase of the ceasefire coincided with the first day of Ramadan.—
Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
NPR,
2 Mar. 2025
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The film leans heavy into the drama and forces the audience to suspend belief in the thrilling third act, but the beautiful filming style and twisty mystery makes that all the more possible.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2025
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The influencer's post comes after she got caught up in social media drama last week.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Stage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stage. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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