on-the-spot
Example Sentences
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Random Lengths’ Framing Lumber Composite Price, the trade publication’s gauge of on-the-spot prices, is up more than 30% from the December lows.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
As we were with Mr Hong, whose boat capsized earlier this year, a team of government inspectors arrived to carry out a series of on-the-spot checks on two of his other vessels.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
Turkish citizens this summer are able to visit 10 Greek islands using on-the-spot visas, skipping a more cumbersome procedure needed to enter Europe’s common travel area zone, known as the Schengen area.
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2024
Dan Levy and Heidi Gardner doing on-the-spot neighborhood research for Homes.com.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2024
From 145th Street to 149th Street, policemen had blocked off all automobile traffic except for their own cars, the newspapers’ cars, and the equipment trucks for radio and television on-the-spot coverage.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
