stage setting
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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While you're at home watching the introductory videos known as postcards, dozens of people swarm the stage, setting the scene for whatever comes next.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
But it might not be too soon to dream about a share of the world soccer stage setting up in Seattle, five years hence.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
More specifically, all the world is stage setting — for Taylor Swift.
From The Verge ● Jan. 14, 2018
Every couple minutes, a flood of ice skaters or animals pours across the stage, setting up the next death-defying number.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2017
The whole household seemed so reasonable, she had to keep reminding herself it was all a stage setting in some kind of elaborate dream.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
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