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  • past tense form of stage.
  • past participle of stage.
Synonyms

staged

American  
[steyjd] / steɪdʒd /

adjective

  1. adapted for or produced on the stage.

  2. contrived for a desired impression.

    It was a staged, rather than spontaneous, demonstration of affection.

  3. occurring or planned to occur in stages.

    a staged increase in wages.


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Etymology

Origin of staged

First recorded in 1560–70; stage + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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Staged in a darkened Gothic downtown space, “Limos” was designed to put guests on edge, with limited lighting and at least one jump scare in a blackout moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

Staged in Philadelphia by Eleonora Gravagnola, it is set in a modern-day art gallery, where a traveling exhibit is being crated up for transfer to its next location.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

Staged inside the Green Gallery in Midtown Manhattan, the room was a poignant display of place and loss in the form of deadpan conceptual art.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Staged with dramatic lighting atop a perilously titled stage, her self-penned song also made the cut.

From BBC • May 11, 2023

Staged it will be as long as men are what they are.

From Authors of Greece by Lumb, T. W.

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