stage business
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stage business
First recorded in 1815–25
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Their actions amount to anecdotal slivers, book-reading, coffee-drinking, staring out the window—in a word, stage business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
And he admitted these were both a problem, describing them as "early stage business issues".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Schumacher “helped build our stage business from the ground up,” Bergman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
The stage business is nonstop, anemically set up and distracting.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2019
One cannot make pauses when one thinks it effective, nor alter the stage business to fit one's mood, nor work oneself up to an emotional crescendo one night and not do it the next.
From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Clara Louise Kellogg
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