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on-site

American

[on-sahyt, awn-] / ˈɒnˈsaɪt, ˈɔn- /

Or on site

adjective

accomplished or located at the site of a particular activity or happening.

Faculty, staff, and graduate students have two options for on-site childcare.

adverb

on or at a particular site.

They treated the wounded on-site before putting them on a helicopter for evacuation.

Etymology

Origin of on-site

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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Out came Mike, one of two employees I saw on-site.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

While the local utility’s upgrade timeline was five years, Critical Loop’s setup enabled the facility to draw power from the grid for most of the year and use on-site batteries to cover peak-constrained hours.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Allen Farnsworth, the general manager of SoCal Self Storage, operates one facility in Pasadena with a laundromat on-site and another in Hollywood that houses a Thai restaurant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

SMRs are manufactured in a factory in modules before being assembled on-site.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

She trained on-site at the airfield where the regiment was currently stationed, arming bombs and attaching them to the Pe-2s.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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