on-site

adverb or adjective

: at a particular place especially of business
printed on-site
on-site day care
on-site inspections
on-site parking

Examples of on-site in a Sentence

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There will be food and beverage vendors on-site, as well as free water-filling stations for reusable water bottles. — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026 The ranch offers periodic whole- and half-animal shares, and also has an on-site store at 1605 Cook Rd. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026 Under traditional facilities contracts, providers bill clients for hours and bodies on-site; more staff translates directly into more revenue. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026 Drones deploy from a weatherproof docking station that handles launch, landing, charging, data upload and mission scheduling without an on-site operator. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for on-site

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of on-site was in 1946

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“On-site.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on-site. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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