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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Swift was alone onstage, strumming her acoustic guitar.
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Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Zhao arrived onstage with her cast, including Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
With him onstage that night were Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings and Arkansas native Johnny Cash.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025
Tim Robinson stars as a shopping-mall developer who sits on a chair that collapses onstage, sending him on a quest to track down the manufacturer.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
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Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Zhao arrived onstage with her cast, including Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
With him onstage that night were Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings and Arkansas native Johnny Cash.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025
Tim Robinson stars as a shopping-mall developer who sits on a chair that collapses onstage, sending him on a quest to track down the manufacturer.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for onstage
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“Onstage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onstage. Accessed 18 Oct. 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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