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  • past tense form of stage.
  • past participle of stage.
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staged

American  
[steyjd] / steɪdʒd /

adjective

  1. adapted for or produced on the stage.

  2. contrived for a desired impression.

    It was a staged, rather than spontaneous, demonstration of affection.

  3. occurring or planned to occur in stages.

    a staged increase in wages.


Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of staged

First recorded in 1560–70; stage + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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Staged in Philadelphia by Eleonora Gravagnola, it is set in a modern-day art gallery, where a traveling exhibit is being crated up for transfer to its next location.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

Staged in the round, this modern version of “An Enemy of the People” preserves the period atmosphere of Ibsen’s 1882 drama but allows the work a modern spryness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024

Staged inside the Green Gallery in Midtown Manhattan, the room was a poignant display of place and loss in the form of deadpan conceptual art.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Staged: It won’t be “just a stage” if you crowd her.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

Staged for Florenz Ziegfeld "Follies of 1923," at New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, which attraction played to the largest week's receipts of any Follies ever produced at New Amsterdam Theatre.

From The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession by Wayburn, Ned

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