on the scene

idiom

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.

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Later that early early New Year’s morning, Rinderknecht drove away from the area as LAFD started arriving on the scene, making a gesture to assist the firefighters, the complaint says. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025 Real Madrid arrived on the scene. Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 She was evaluated by officers on the scene and underwent a Standardized Field Sobriety Test, before being arrested and transported to the Keller Jail, police said. Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025 Fox’s Trey Yingst was on the scene several days after the massacre in Beeri. Jennifer Griffin, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for on the scene

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“On the scene.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20scene. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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