staging
Americannoun
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the act, process, or manner of presenting a play on the stage.
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a temporary platform or structure of posts and boards for support, as in building; scaffolding.
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Rocketry. the in-flight separation of a rocket stage from the remaining stages of a multistage missile or launch vehicle.
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the business of running stagecoaches.
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the act of traveling by stages or by stagecoach.
noun
Etymology
Origin of staging
Example Sentences
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Shares of software-as-a-service providers were staging a comeback as well.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
London Marathon organisers are considering staging next year's event across two days.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Prosecutors allege Liaw orchestrated a scheme to bypass Super Micro’s compliance, diverting $510 million in servers to China and staging dummy servers for inspectors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
Disney was supposed to have a pit for the orchestra, allowing for staging opera and dance.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
The food is all shipped to twenty checkpoints across the state, the dogs are trucked into downtown Anchorage to the staging area on Fourth Street where there is—ridiculously—no snow and they must bring it in.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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