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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The Oscar winner, making her first appearance at the Sundance Film Festival, was joined onstage by Ortega, 23, Charli, 33, Yan and co-writer James Pedersen.
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Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
An opportunity to see the Wu-Tang live in Amsterdam turns into a through-the-looking-glass moment when Azzougarh gets pulled onstage and spits some original rhymes, which gets him the nod to go talk to RZA.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
An eighteen-piece jazz band will play the soundtrack live, while Damien Chazelle’s masterpiece of stress screens onstage.
—Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
She was joined onstage by Sundance’s Eugene Hernandez, Michelle Satter, John Nein and the late Robert Redford’s daughter Amy Redford.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
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Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
An opportunity to see the Wu-Tang live in Amsterdam turns into a through-the-looking-glass moment when Azzougarh gets pulled onstage and spits some original rhymes, which gets him the nod to go talk to RZA.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
An eighteen-piece jazz band will play the soundtrack live, while Damien Chazelle’s masterpiece of stress screens onstage.
—Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
She was joined onstage by Sundance’s Eugene Hernandez, Michelle Satter, John Nein and the late Robert Redford’s daughter Amy Redford.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 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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