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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Chaos ensued: La La Land's producers were in the middle of their acceptance speeches when Oscars producers rushed onstage to inform them that director Barry Jenkins's Moonlight had in fact won the award for Best Picture.
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John Russell, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
The native of Belfast, Tennessee (population 700), has taken her first airplane flight, appeared onstage at a stadium concert, hit one million followers on Instagram, and is now sitting for her first national interview, with Rolling Stone.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
In the late afternoon, Harris came onstage in a light-blue suit, to loud applause.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 10 July 2024
Yet the prospect of Sphere’s visual splendor lured the group back onstage.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
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John Russell, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
The native of Belfast, Tennessee (population 700), has taken her first airplane flight, appeared onstage at a stadium concert, hit one million followers on Instagram, and is now sitting for her first national interview, with Rolling Stone.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
In the late afternoon, Harris came onstage in a light-blue suit, to loud applause.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 10 July 2024
Yet the prospect of Sphere’s visual splendor lured the group back onstage.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
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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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