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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The judge also encouraged contestants who cried onstage, as the field was narrowed to 20 during the new Ohana Round.
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Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
When performed live onstage, like at a 1990 taping of Austin City Limits, Meyers and Jimenez would spar on their accordions, with Sahm playing keys.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2026
Even Fleming’s more conventional observational humor is inextricable from his outre bodily maneuvers onstage.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
Tickets deals are available for shows onstage now, as well as shows arriving in April, May and June.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
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Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
When performed live onstage, like at a 1990 taping of Austin City Limits, Meyers and Jimenez would spar on their accordions, with Sahm playing keys.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2026
Even Fleming’s more conventional observational humor is inextricable from his outre bodily maneuvers onstage.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
Tickets deals are available for shows onstage now, as well as shows arriving in April, May and June.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
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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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