stage business
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stage business
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Their actions amount to anecdotal slivers, book-reading, coffee-drinking, staring out the window—in a word, stage business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
And he admitted these were both a problem, describing them as "early stage business issues".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Another part of his success was his ability to negotiate intricate stage business in an opera in which the action can become so complicated that almost nobody can follow it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
Other actors came up with bits of stage business in another scene, detailing the moments before the evening SNN newscast went live.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2022
Turning to the lawyer, he said coldly: "So, in the matter of this stage business, you can take no steps to restrain her?"
From The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life by Charles Klein
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