How to Use stage business in a Sentence

stage business

noun
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  • But there’s a muddiness to some of the stage business, such as the bumbling of the Little Robber Girl’s bandit underlings.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2019
  • John Relyea, as the Grand Inquisitor, had the requisite range and volume, yet his diction lacked bite, and his stage business was hackneyed.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Margin expansion is hard to define for an early-stage business that is loss-making.
    — Michael Szalontay, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Hebron clinches it with stage business, drunkenly playing cards alone by a single lamp.
    — John Timpane, Philly.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • One bit of delightful stage business had Grigolo handing her a bunch of wet flowers, which Gheorghiu dabbed like perfume.
    — Rick Schultz, latimes.com, 2 May 2018
  • Aucoin fills that long bit of silent stage business with an orchestral interlude that brims with tenderness and drama.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Some of the stage business lacks crispness, as with certain scenes featuring Colin Connor and Chilcote as rival butterfly hunters.
    — Washington Post, 2 May 2022
  • Some were repeated in the other language, or responded to in the other language, and some left alone and translated through context, stage business and the emotional intent.
    — Elaine Schmidt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Corkran's ex-husband, an entrepreneur, constantly had people coming to him and asking him to invest in their early-stage business and give them advice.
    — Geri Stengel, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The teams will compete along two tracks - concept stage for entrepreneurs launching businesses and seed stage businesses looking to accelerate growth.
    — William Thornton [email protected], AL.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The stage business is nonstop, anemically set up and distracting.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 21 June 2019
  • In the nature of such risky stage business, the playful interludes are hit or miss: Stunts are arranged to draw audience members into the play, which embroider the carnival atmosphere but feel a bit halfhearted.
    — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Both men, like much of the audience, could be seen doubling over in laughter at some of the play’s comic high points, including a scene where a recitation of the rosary is interrupted by a spectacularly messy bit of bodily stage business.
    — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2019
  • The CoE deploys top subject-matter experts to across departments to conduct hands-on training and education and scope out early stage business solutions.
    — Mark Minevich, Forbes, 19 June 2021
  • That means more opportunities for early-stage business owners.
    — Alana Pedalino, Bon Appétit, 25 Apr. 2022
  • For this version, companies compete on two tracks: concept stage for entrepreneurs launching businesses, and seed stage businesses looking to accelerate growth.
    — William Thornton, AL.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Perhaps, more formally, an early-stage business only has one employee (its founder), but even still, that person is surrounded by a network of a supportive community.
    — Shama Hyder, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • Instead of backing developers of things like gene therapy or synthetic organs, Anzu seeks out early-stage businesses whose technology powers the development of such innovations.
    — Heather MacK, WSJ, 16 Apr. 2019

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