onstage

adverb or adjective

on·​stage ˈȯn-ˈstāj How to pronounce onstage (audio)
ˈän-,
-ˌstāj
: on or onto a stage : on a part of the stage visible to the audience

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The Dare, who produced the raunchy dance track, was also onstage, making out with a dancer in a U.K. flag skirt. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025 The two men suffered nearly fatal injuries within months of each other: Rushdie was stabbed onstage at a literary festival in August 2022 and has lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand. Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025 That night, Alicia Keys took home four more awards for her debut album, Songs in A Minor, and performed one of her tunes onstage. Emily Blackwood, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025 What was happening onstage, though, was hardly a deep reckoning with what Democrats did wrong to lock themselves out of power. Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for onstage 

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First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of onstage was in 1925

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onstage

adverb or adjective
on·​stage ˈȯn-ˈstāj How to pronounce onstage (audio)
ˈän-
: on or onto a stage : on a part of the stage visible to the audience

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