Definition of "staged" []

• Planned, prepared. (adjective)
• Intended for the stage as in a theater. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of stage. (verb)

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• "Political liberals, who meander around the centre of the political spectrum, are now agreeable to what they call a staged transition, rather than complete transformation, from military to democratic rule."
• "Looking at the era in which it was staged, is there anything wrong with showing an obese, dark-skinned, self-concious child that because of the images that were consistently driven into the black culture as being "beautiful" greatly influenced how black girls viewed themselves?"
• "The specific case before the court dealt with tapes showing pit bulldogs attacking other animals and one another in staged confrontations."