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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At times, the house would break apart onstage, with the top half lifted in the air, only for YoungBoy to start aggressively rapping, standing supreme while the house crumbles around him.
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Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
This comes after British singer-songwriter collapsed onstage during her performance at the All Things Go festival in New York over the weekend.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Last Saturday, Young collapsed onstage during her performance at All Things Go Festival at New York City’s Forest Hills Stadium.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Throughout the night Bryan was joined onstage by special guests John Mayer and the War and Treaty.
—Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
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Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
This comes after British singer-songwriter collapsed onstage during her performance at the All Things Go festival in New York over the weekend.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Last Saturday, Young collapsed onstage during her performance at All Things Go Festival at New York City’s Forest Hills Stadium.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Throughout the night Bryan was joined onstage by special guests John Mayer and the War and Treaty.
—Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
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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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