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on-site

adverb or adjective

: at a particular place especially of business
printed on-site
on-site day care
on-site inspections
on-site parking

Examples of on-site in a Sentence

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Offering operational flexibility The FMR is developed as a modular unit intended for factory manufacturing and on-site assembly. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Nov. 2025 There’s a saltwater pool, hot tub, and Windsong, an on-site retail shop. Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025 The award gave the HRC the wherewithal to hire two case managers in 2024 to work closely on-site with homeless people, connecting them to stabilizing resources. Theresa Walker, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025 In fact, nearly every style on-site is on sale now. Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for on-site

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of on-site was in 1946

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“On-site.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on-site. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.

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