stage time
Americannoun
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the time spent on stage by a performer, either at a single event or cumulatively.
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the time at which a performer is scheduled to appear on stage or at which a show is to begin.
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time as experienced by the characters in a play or other theatrical production; time thought of in the context of the events in a story being represented on stage.
Example Sentences
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But at times the strain of keeping up the brisk timing of the movie to fill two hours of stage time on essentially a single set results in comic vamping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Wolf Alice, winning best group, used their allotted stage time to make a plea for the "pubs, clubs and grassroots venues where we quite literally learned to play our instruments and write our songs".
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
Pearson: That’s exactly what it was, but there was stage time too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025
David Patrick Kelly as King Sextimus the Silent spends much of his stage time engaged in a series of charades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
The inflatable shark naturally led to the puddle of heavy cream, which, if lapped from the floor with slow, steady precision, could account for up to twenty minutes of valuable stage time.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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