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noun
A situation where somebody or something is upstaged; thus:
A stealing of the spotlight, as (or as if) one performer eclipses another in the audience's attention.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, figuratively
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
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noun
A situation where somebody or something is upstaged; thus:
An increase in the stage of a case of a disease (usually a cancer), from a less-threatening to a more-threatening stage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, oncology, sciences, surgery
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Antonyms: downstaging
Broader terms: restaging
verb
present participle and gerund of upstage
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
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