on the scene

phrase

—used to say that someone or something is or has become an important part of a situation, activity, etc.

She was lonely for a while, but now there's a new boyfriend on the scene.

a popular singer who first burst on the scene last year

Our lives have changed a lot since computers have come/appeared on the scene.

Examples of on the scene in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Additional officers then arrived on the scene and discovered a 21-year-old man also suffering from gunshot injuries, the statement said. — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Before PCs arrived on the scene, women were the backbone of office infrastructure. — Steve Liesman, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026

Once on the scene, officers found Moreno in a parking lot on the west side of the street. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026

The chief said that officers on the scene found three children, aged five, eight, and 11, and a teacher dead. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026

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