onstage
adverb or adjective
on·stage
ˈȯn-ˈstāj 
ˈän-,
-ˌstāj
: on or onto a stage : on a part of the stage visible to the audience
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Most recently, Emily came onstage with John to help close out the ASU+GSV Summit in April 2025.
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Skyler Trepel, People.com, 6 July 2025
Then and since, the brothers have often traded barbs — onstage, in the studio and in interviews.
—CNN Money, 5 July 2025
To ram the message home to more people, Springsteen also released a 30-minute recording from the first stop of the tour in Manchester, England, that contains three songs and three of his speeches onstage.
—Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
The house band, , is spending January shaking it off onstage at 8 p.m. every Thursday, playing an hour of hits — bluegrass style.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Skyler Trepel, People.com, 6 July 2025
Then and since, the brothers have often traded barbs — onstage, in the studio and in interviews.
—CNN Money, 5 July 2025
To ram the message home to more people, Springsteen also released a 30-minute recording from the first stop of the tour in Manchester, England, that contains three songs and three of his speeches onstage.
—Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
The house band, , is spending January shaking it off onstage at 8 p.m. every Thursday, playing an hour of hits — bluegrass style.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for onstage
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onstage
adverb or adjective
on·stage
ˈȯn-ˈstāj
ˈän-
: on or onto a stage : on a part of the stage visible to the audience
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