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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There was a time when KevOnStage was a very literal description of comedian Kevin Fredericks as a hungry comedian looking for stage time.
From Los Angeles Times
Tosi, originally from Boston, knew there were plenty of women comedians everywhere seeking stage time.
From Los Angeles Times
Vance also used the stage time to rail against the nearly three-week long government shutdown and put blame on Democrats, particularly Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
From BBC
But for the past 23 years, Steph Tolev has used every ounce of stage time to build up the proper amount of dirt to smear across a long career built on depravity, perversion and lethal amounts of bathroom humor to become comedy’s reigning “Filth Queen.”
From Los Angeles Times
Pearson: That’s exactly what it was, but there was stage time too.
From Los Angeles Times
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