on TV
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: broadcast by television : being shown by television
There's nothing (good) on TV tonight.
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There was this little girl, not much older than me, doing this awesome thing on TV.
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Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Part of it was because of seeing on TV those very-wide-angle shots of skyscrapers.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 1 June 2025
Sports On the Air Sports on TV: Sunday, June 1, 2025
AUTO RACING
TIME
TV
F1: Spanish Grand Prix
8 a.m.
ESPND
F1: Spanish Grand Prix
8:55 a.m.
—Miami Herald, 1 June 2025
There are enough quotable lines of dialogue in the movie’s first half to remind you why Succession was, pound for pound, one of the most profanely funny shows on TV during its run.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2025
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Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Part of it was because of seeing on TV those very-wide-angle shots of skyscrapers.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 1 June 2025
Sports On the Air Sports on TV: Sunday, June 1, 2025
AUTO RACING
TIME
TV
F1: Spanish Grand Prix
8 a.m.
ESPND
F1: Spanish Grand Prix
8:55 a.m.
—Miami Herald, 1 June 2025
There are enough quotable lines of dialogue in the movie’s first half to remind you why Succession was, pound for pound, one of the most profanely funny shows on TV during its run.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for on TV
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“On TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20TV. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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