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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Bailee also appears alongside her dad in the song’s music video and joined him onstage during his Backroad Baptism Tour to perform the duet.
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Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
Showrunner Kripke was joined onstage Saturday by Moriarty, Alonso, Fukuhara, Capone and Colby Minifie.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2025
The surprise songs sometimes featured special guests, like when she was joined onstage by Gwen Stefani, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Lionel Richie.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2025
Pirnot’s play contained plenty of despair and self-laceration at the economic realities of playwriting, contraposed with sheer delight in what Greenspan can pull off onstage.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025
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Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
Showrunner Kripke was joined onstage Saturday by Moriarty, Alonso, Fukuhara, Capone and Colby Minifie.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2025
The surprise songs sometimes featured special guests, like when she was joined onstage by Gwen Stefani, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Lionel Richie.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2025
Pirnot’s play contained plenty of despair and self-laceration at the economic realities of playwriting, contraposed with sheer delight in what Greenspan can pull off onstage.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Onstage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onstage. Accessed 8 Dec. 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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