stage business
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stage business
First recorded in 1815–25
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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
Brown and Barnard don’t meld as seamlessly with their characters as Horne does with his, and once in a while they make bits of stage business look contrived instead of spontaneous.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2021
But what does that bit of symbolically freighted stage business feel like if you’re Elton John?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2019
Lawes composed the music and arranged the stage business.
From Minor Poems by Milton by John Milton
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