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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Other than a fist-pump to the crowd when Shriner got onstage, the incident was not acknowledged.
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Jeff Miller, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
As usual, however, Charli was onstage solo for most of the night, bodying the songs with her trademark unusually violent dancing: hard fist pumps and hair-whipping, torso wrenching and writhing on the stage floor.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 Apr. 2025
The pop star filled his set with flips, jumps, and slides onstage, but also with emotional crowd interactions that proved he’s taken notes from greats like Freddie Mercury.
—John Lonsdale, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
The video was captured by Jamila Gebhard, who told Storyful that the Munich concert was scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. local time, but Banks didn't appear onstage until 11 p.m.
Gebhard nor Banks' team immediately responded for comment about the incident when contacted by USA TODAY on Friday.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
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Jeff Miller, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
As usual, however, Charli was onstage solo for most of the night, bodying the songs with her trademark unusually violent dancing: hard fist pumps and hair-whipping, torso wrenching and writhing on the stage floor.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 Apr. 2025
The pop star filled his set with flips, jumps, and slides onstage, but also with emotional crowd interactions that proved he’s taken notes from greats like Freddie Mercury.
—John Lonsdale, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
The video was captured by Jamila Gebhard, who told Storyful that the Munich concert was scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. local time, but Banks didn't appear onstage until 11 p.m.
Gebhard nor Banks' team immediately responded for comment about the incident when contacted by USA TODAY on Friday.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Onstage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onstage. Accessed 25 Apr. 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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