stage director
Americannoun
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a person who directs a theatrical production.
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(formerly) a stage manager.
Etymology
Origin of stage director
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Running such software directly on a machine helps these people avoid usage quotas from cloud-based providers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
And Hey.com, an email and calendar service, said the proposal had upended its plan to distribute software directly to users, which Apple isn’t making possible.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024
Downloading software directly is less secure than downloading an app from Apple’s App Store but not the “security apocalypse” the company makes it out to be, Schneier said.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2022
The company extrapolates this data from a small sample of web users who use its browser extension and from sites which choose to install its traffic monitoring software directly.
From The Verge • Dec. 9, 2021
But the rapid spread of personal computers has put software directly into people's hands.
From Time Magazine Archive
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