stage setting

[ steyj-set-ing ]

/ ˈsteɪdʒ ˌsɛt ɪŋ /

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Some refugees wait for days on the ships before setting sail.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But at this stage, he is either afraid or unable to get carried away by his thoughts.
The Lost Novel of Nobel-Winner José Saramago|Charles Shafaieh|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Whether he can do it on the national stage is the unanswered question.
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By setting no goals, the player must find their own purpose.
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Instead, black models are required to remain meekly, silently off stage, waiting for a turn that may never come.
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Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
Children's Ways|James Sully
But between the phase of schooling and the phase of adult learning there is an intermediate stage.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
In practice we find a good deal of technical study comes into the college stage.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
In Scotland and America that is distinguished and thought of clearly as the college stage.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
It was in the college stage that most of us made out our religion and made it real for ourselves.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells