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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Oklou invited a few special guests onstage during her set at Coachella 2026 on Sunday, April 12, including collaborator Underscores.
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
The Migos rapper shared a video of himself being rolled onstage in a wheelchair before standing up triumphantly in front of the cheering audience.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2026
The film's main stars — McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Ellie Kemper and Maya Rudolph — all gathered onstage together at the 2026 Oscars for a hilarious reunion at the awards show.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
By his third hosting gig in 2014, he was joined onstage during his monologue by Leonardo DiCaprio, his co-star in the searing satire The Wolf of Wall Street, a Martin Scorsese picture that netted Hill his second Oscar nomination for best supporting actor after Moneyball just three years earlier.
—Josh Spiegel, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2026
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
The Migos rapper shared a video of himself being rolled onstage in a wheelchair before standing up triumphantly in front of the cheering audience.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2026
The film's main stars — McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Ellie Kemper and Maya Rudolph — all gathered onstage together at the 2026 Oscars for a hilarious reunion at the awards show.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
By his third hosting gig in 2014, he was joined onstage during his monologue by Leonardo DiCaprio, his co-star in the searing satire The Wolf of Wall Street, a Martin Scorsese picture that netted Hill his second Oscar nomination for best supporting actor after Moneyball just three years earlier.
—Josh Spiegel, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Onstage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onstage. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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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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