stage-managing

verb

Definition of stage-managingnext
present participle of stage-manage
as in protecting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage-managing
  1. protecting
  2. micromanaging
  3. guarding
  4. leading
Verb
  • This means committing to protecting payment pages, detecting unauthorized changes and safeguarding customer data.
    Rui Ribeiro, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The first set of turbines acts as a shock absorber, protecting the delicate movement components from external impacts.
    Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of protecting
Verb
  • For example, listing off complaints about your micromanaging boss won’t reflect well on you.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The small business owner runs ragged working in the business, micromanaging every aspect of it and linking its success or failure to their effort, with no plan or ambition to free themselves from the workaday responsibilities.
    Matt Reynolds, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of micromanaging
Verb
  • The agency stated that reassigning employees to remaining facilities is expected to improve staff retention and reduce both mandatory overtime and augmentation—a controversial practice where non-security personnel, such as cooks, teachers and nurses, are tasked with guarding inmates.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The Michigan player guarding Cousy fouled out with 27 seconds to go.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of guarding
Verb
  • Her sister was jailed in 2018 for leading a women’s rights group and remains under a travel ban, unable to leave the country.
    Ben Church, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • By spreading the burden of some of the work traditionally carried out by the CIO, businesses are able to bring a greater diversity of skills and experience to the tasks of leading organization-wide digital transformation in 2025.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of leading
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