Collocations for "staging"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "staging" in context.
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stage
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- the [main, concert, theater] stage
- a [vital, pivotal, crucial, key] stage (in)
- in the [first, second, third, next, final, last] stage (of)
- in the [first, beginning] stages (of)
- the [quarter-final, semi-final, play-off] stage
- (at) an [early, late] stage of the [proceedings, match, season]
- the [third] stage of the [plan, process, project]
- the [plan] is in its [infancy, review, growth] stage
- is still in its [early] stages
- the [singer, speaker, band] took the stage
- the [singer] was [booed, jeered] off the stage
- the play is on stage in [Broadway, the West End]
- had always [wanted, hoped] to be on stage
- the stage is set (for)
- exit stage [left, right]
- stars of stage and screen
- a [person's, child's, insect's] development has several stages
- is going through a (new) stage
- is going through one of his stages
- is just another stage
- hope this is just another stage
- [starting, beginning] a new stage in your life
- the various stages of development
- in the [early] stages of his [life, career]
- a [three] -stage [rocket, program]
- the stage [manager, designer]
- went to stage school
- has [amazing, great] stage presence
- stage a [murder, robbery]
- stage a [coup, revolution, protest, sit-in]
- (threatened to) stage [industrial action, a strike]
- stage a [24-hour, one-day, hunger] strike
- stage a [play, musical]
- are staging a performance of
- stage the [largest, biggest, maximum, first]
- staged in [London]
- stage the [conversation, interaction]
- the [scene, event, conversation] was staged
- the whole thing was staged by
'staging' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):