How to Use on-air in a Sentence
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Make sense of the markets and catch the best on-air moments.
—Bloomberg.com, 3 Jan. 2024
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In the course of his on-air comments, Trump talked about knowing the late Sean Connery.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 8 May 2025
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But Fox News’s hosts did not mention the case on-air again after Sept. 30.
—Ken Bensinger, New York Times, 29 May 2023
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That forced him to sharply reduce his on-air duties at TSN.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
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Here's what to know about voting by mail No on-air fact-checking?
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
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But as the clock ticked toward midnight, there was a quiet in the on-air studio.
—Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2024
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Staats arrived at Wrigley for what turned out to be an on-air audition.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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As of this month, none of the monetary damages, which Jones is shown mocking on-air, had been paid.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2024
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But Mark Cuban, one of the show’s most notable sharks, described the process of what happens after an on-air deal is made.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 June 2023
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The night one figure includes the on-air premiere and replays on HBO and streaming on Max.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2025
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What works in a stadium won’t always land the same on-air or online.
—Tracy Call, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Cooper announced the birth of his first son on-air in April 2020, good news in what was the beginning of the pandemic.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 31 Dec. 2024
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The one-year deal is only to produce the games themselves, not offer on-air talent.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 9 Aug. 2024
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One of the things that keeps coming up is your coverage of Kurt Cobain’s suicide, which felt like an on-air wake.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
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About 20 members of ESPN’s on-air talent pool were laid off last week.
—Michael Nam, CNN, 5 July 2023
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The Simpsons team even dropped on-air shout- outs to its dedicated hive.
—Keith Murphy, Time, 24 July 2025
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In one of the most notorious moments of the show, Hogan placed Mr. Belzer in a choke hold as part of an on-air bit that went too far.
—Meryl Kornfield, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023
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As part of the settlement, Fox says it won’t be required to apologize on-air.
—Rosalind S. Helderman, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
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Included in the show will be a family adopting a child on-air.
—Chiara Kim, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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Who is hosting: Beloved cable network TCM brings together all five of their on-air hosts to ring in the new year.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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An on-air report from KMPH, meanwhile, said that the body found was in the late stages of decomposition.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
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Jennifer Chan is a long-time style and beauty on-air expert and has been a fashion writer for over 19 years.
—Jennifer Chan, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
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Rubin’s death was also confirmed on-air on the station.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 10 May 2024
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Stations are often just scrambling to get a money manager on-air to talk about the headline of the day.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
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In the photo caption, Kotb joked about the reunion's close proximity to her grand on-air farewell.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
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Each week, Shortz presents an on-air quiz to one contestant while listeners at home play along.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 3 Mar. 2024
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In 2019, writer Bowen Yang was promoted to an on-air cast member after a year as a writer on the show.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
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Jones’ age and Texas background add new elements the show’s on-air team, says Ainsley Earhardt, a co-anchor of the program since 2016.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
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The two discussed, critiqued and debated the latest film releases on-air for 18 years.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
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This could be a genuinely low cost for radio stations to provide on-air talent with affordable remote access from home.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
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