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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During a Christmas pageant held by a gas-station owner in his rickety garage near Rhodesia’s Zambezi River, a six-winged creature appears onstage and proceeds to kick everyone else off it.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2025
While on the Jennifer Hudson Show in April, the musician was asked about the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to him onstage.
—People Staff, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Later that night, Carll sits onstage at the Crystal Theater in town, a few feet away from Felker.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Only one of the twenty-three awardees appeared onstage: David Lebryk, who won Employee of the Year in part for having resigned as fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury rather than give DOGE access to payment systems.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2025
While on the Jennifer Hudson Show in April, the musician was asked about the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to him onstage.
—People Staff, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Later that night, Carll sits onstage at the Crystal Theater in town, a few feet away from Felker.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Only one of the twenty-three awardees appeared onstage: David Lebryk, who won Employee of the Year in part for having resigned as fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury rather than give DOGE access to payment systems.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025
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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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