as in offers
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 stages
Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
The festival is expected to host more than 50,000 people each day of the event, with multiple stages in place for performances.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
The Blue Bag program went ahead despite being savaged by critics for years throughout its planning stages, and was not considered a success when it was scrapped more than a dozen years later for the city's current blue cart program.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Events across the region are taking place all day at schools, local businesses, houses of worship and burned down local landmarks in various stages of rebuilding.
—David Wilson, Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
Mantha was once a high-pedigree young player and has flashed top-six potential at stages in his career, but Brazeau, an undrafted 27-year-old, had only scored 29 points in 95 career NHL games before this season.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Special guests and experts will lead seminars on fishing, gardening and cooking on three separate stages.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Goforth is hoping to be open by the spring of 2026, with remodeling plans for the tasting room in the very beginning stages.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
There are still, however, a number of stages to go before the government is reopened.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Eloise Tyson, a spokesperson for the All England Lawn Tennis Club, which stages Wimbledon, noted that overall Grand Slam prize money had risen from $209 million in 2022 to $254 million in 2024 — a 22-percent increase.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
The town’s Crans-sur-Sierre golf club, down the street from the bar, stages the European Masters each August on a picturesque course.
—Jamey Keaten, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
The Cookeville History Museum preserves regional artifacts, and the Cookeville Performing Arts Center stages a variety of performances including dance, plays and musicals.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Dec. 2025
In one of the few refreshingly Globes-y choices, Prime Video’s The Girlfriend — in which Robin Wright stages a grand battle of wills with her son’s new girlfriend — picked up a pair of nominations, one for Best Limited or Anthology Series and one for Wright herself.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
In November, Milwaukee Repertory Theater stages its first musical in the rebuilt and upgraded Checota Powerhouse Theater.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Mark Neville, the CEO of Sports San Diego, which stages the Holiday Bowl, visited the country in June for meetings and to discuss logistics.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
While Rambaldi stages a runway show in Milan, the Paris initiative is currently his only showroom.
—Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
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In North Carolina, only 29% of independent stages identified themselves as profitable in 2024, according to a report from the National Independent Venues Association.
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Park stages Man-su’s homicide attempts as slapstick set pieces in which our clumsy antihero himself barely gets out alive.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for stages
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Prepare to watch her climb podiums for the next two months straight.—
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Whether opting for the Chef’s tasting menu or à la carte, every plate feels like a little artwork—from the olive, anise, and fennel bread staggered on podiums to the sweet finale (expect imaginative combinations such as a honey milk and hay pudding).—
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The present-day Red Sox are on the other side of that rebuild, and have no legs on which to stand in this entirely avoidable calamity of losing both Devers and Bregman.—
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The prospectors liked to compare the warm, unctuous caress of the silt on their legs and thighs to the kisses of ten thousand lips, rather than imagine that the river had nothing to offer them—except mud.—
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Commercial Sb₂O₃ and Nb₂O₅ were reacted at high temperature in ambient air, yielding uniform rod-like TNO crystals ranging from 500 nm to 2 µm without detectable secondary phases.—
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Gamarra said earlier phases of Venezuelan migration featured people with more money and more education, who were better able to afford to buy in Weston.—
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Along with the restaurants, the building’s street-level retail offers a variety of fashion, wellness and lifestyle brands that are already open, including the James + Joy children’s boutique and Queen & Cotton clothing shop.—
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The system offers 31 degrees of freedom, including articulated hands, a multi-DOF waist with braking, a movable head, and binocular vision for human-like perception.—
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Bold prints and vibrant colors, think leopard platforms or colorful faux-fur heels, are the easiest way to inject personality and turn even the most neutral outfit into a head-turner.—
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DroneHunter Varta features a modular design intended for use across different platforms.—
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Hamlin had won two playoff races -- a Cup Series high six victories on the season -- and led 208 of the 319 laps at Phoenix.—
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Even beginners can enjoy slow laps, some exercise, and the learning curve.—
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There's so many different chapters that just close quietly, but still take such an emotional toll.—
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In the Louisiana lawsuit, government lawyers said three League of Women Voters chapters and Santa Clara County in California had not shown any proof that department attorneys would do anything other than robustly defend the Census Bureau.—
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Mamdani presents his politics as a fight for fairness and unity.—
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Still, Denmark presents a special case.—
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“Stages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stages. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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