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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At press time, Swift is already onstage performing her one and only Eras show in Wales — no doubt joined by thousands of fans who are well-prepared for the weather there, thanks to Lee.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 June 2024
Kobayashi attended the event as a spectator in 2010, and was dramatically arrested after jumping onstage following Chestnut’s win.
—Jager Weatherby, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024
Other officials watch as others walk onstage and appear to begin to assist in managing the incident.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2024
In addition to the actors playing the six spelling bee contestants, among them Omri Schein who’s also reprising his role from the 2015 Intrepid production, the show features four audience members enlisted to come up onstage and compete.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 June 2024
Kobayashi attended the event as a spectator in 2010, and was dramatically arrested after jumping onstage following Chestnut’s win.
—Jager Weatherby, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024
Other officials watch as others walk onstage and appear to begin to assist in managing the incident.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2024
In addition to the actors playing the six spelling bee contestants, among them Omri Schein who’s also reprising his role from the 2015 Intrepid production, the show features four audience members enlisted to come up onstage and compete.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
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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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