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2
a
: the business of running stagecoaches
b
: the act of journeying in stagecoaches
3
: the act of putting on a play
4
a
: the moving of troops or matériel forward in several stages
b
: the assembling of troops or matériel in transit in a particular place
Examples of staging in a Sentence
The staging of the play was more difficult than expected.
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On the rare occasion when the series tries to incorporate the perils of the park, the staging is unconvincing and the results are predictable.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 July 2025
In particular, ‘The Replica’ stresses the contrast between the lyrical allusion-pastoralism of the ‘real’ world and the artificial staging of literature as purview of the literati.
—Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The backyard staging allows for the personal storytelling and the music to unfold naturally.
—Fernando Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
Eventually, the movement realized that using the old instruments in sprightly, imaginative and contemporary ways instead made the music sound newly vital, and even more so when the staging was startlingly up to date.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 July 2025
In particular, ‘The Replica’ stresses the contrast between the lyrical allusion-pastoralism of the ‘real’ world and the artificial staging of literature as purview of the literati.
—Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The backyard staging allows for the personal storytelling and the music to unfold naturally.
—Fernando Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
Eventually, the movement realized that using the old instruments in sprightly, imaginative and contemporary ways instead made the music sound newly vital, and even more so when the staging was startlingly up to date.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for staging
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“Staging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staging. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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