stage-managing

present participle of stage-manage

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage-managing
Verb
  • Gray was an advocate for protecting the dunes, even writing op-eds in local newspapers.
    Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
  • First, women have higher estrogen levels than men, and before menopause, estrogen may be protecting cardiovascular health—which in part may explain why women tend to develop heart events at later ages than men.
    Alice Park, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Angie Katsanevas, who loves brand names, beauty and micromanaging her family, swaps lives with off-the-grid homesteader and former Mormon Lindsay Flake, whose family lives without electricity, running water and rules.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Kids desperately want to be able to explore and play without adults micromanaging them, Skenazy says.
    Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Raine family’s lawsuit is one of at least three against AI companies accused of insufficiently safeguarding minors in their use of AI chatbots.
    Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Baqué’s work stayed hidden for almost 40 years following his death, with his niece safeguarding the art.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Vessel-tracking data suggests the Harmony network forms an arc stretching from Murmansk eastward to Novaya Zemlya and north to Franz Josef Land, effectively a tripwire guarding the Northern Fleet’s principal bases.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • According to the Anti-Deformation League the Totenkopf was adopted by the SS and was particularly associated with the SS-Totenkopfverbande, which was responsible for guarding concentration camps.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Timothy Trussell, an anthropology professor at Millersville University, is leading the project — and the treasures he's uncovered reveal insight into provincial life.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The Festival, which is the magazine’s signature event, was held in New York City and brought together leading voices in literature, film, comedy, television, politics, and medicine.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Stage-managing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stage-managing. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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