The stage was being set for the new performance tonight.

The stage was set for the last major act of the war in the west.

Let me set the stage with three key points that all of us need to keep in mind.

They'd had very little time to set the stage for this one.

We don't give her an opportunity to set the stage.

It will also set the stage for American forces to begin to come home.

At times it was as if they were trying to set the stage on fire with the language.

With the season half complete, the stage has been set.

There was a small stage set against the back wall.

That could set the stage for a fall when interest rates move higher.