as in backstage
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Seated near the stage at the Los Angeles Convention Center, a camera feeding close-up images of her face to several screens, Carey appeared genuinely surprised by an auctioneer’s description of the backstage hangout in which she’d be expected to participate next month.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026 -
SiriusXM will be backstage during the ceremony with host Jessica Lucero capturing interviews with nominees and winners for their Grammy Sunday broadcast on The Grammy Channel, channel 79 and on the SiriusXM app.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
28 Jan. 2026
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If a highly personalized UX creates connection onscreen, these creators are in a unique position to build it offscreen.—
Lin Cherry,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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But those victims and their suffering remain offscreen and abstract, and even the culprit is basically an afterthought.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Offstage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offstage. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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