center stage

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center stage

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noun centre stage

  1. US, uncountable The area in the center of the stage, especially one towards the front.
  2. US, broadly, uncountable An important or prominent position. In terms of pure screen time and action, Helena often takes center stage in a film that should by all accounts belong to Indy, meaning Dr. Jones ends up feeling oddly secondary in a story that’s supposed to be his grand finale.

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noun area in the center of the stage

Españolprotagónico, centro de tablado
DeutschBühnenmitte

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@misc{center_stage_2026,
  title = {center stage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/center%20stage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}