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offstage

[awf-steyj, of-] / ˈɔfˈsteɪdʒ, ˈɒf- /


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That ethos of care extended beyond their interactions with the audience and into the way they interacted with one another offstage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Novak, Kaling’s sometime collaborator, though he remains offstage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Instead of taking the mic as planned, Trump would be whisked offstage by Secret Service agents after shots rang out near the cavernous ballroom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Then, he satirizes conservatives’ discomfort with his Blackness by sitting silently as Martin Short, playing a nervous young Republican delivering a hackneyed diatribe, shudders in his presence before scampering offstage to fall apart.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

Jabir grinned before herding his dogs offstage and letting Baaz resume his position.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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