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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Warren Buffett is joined onstage by 24 other philanthropist and influential business people featured on the Forbes list of 100 Greatest Business Minds during the Forbes Media Centennial Celebration at Pier 60 on September 19, 2017 in New York City.
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John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Sparklers sizzled, boom-badoom-boom bass thumped, and Nicki Minaj emerged onstage at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest last month to deliver the latest plot twist in an exhausting year for politics and pop culture.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
Like D’Arcy, Menzies loves acting onstage—but values his screen career too.
—Sarah Crompton, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2026
They were directly tied to the works onstage.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
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John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Sparklers sizzled, boom-badoom-boom bass thumped, and Nicki Minaj emerged onstage at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest last month to deliver the latest plot twist in an exhausting year for politics and pop culture.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
Like D’Arcy, Menzies loves acting onstage—but values his screen career too.
—Sarah Crompton, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2026
They were directly tied to the works onstage.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 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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