on-site

adverb or adjective

: at a particular place especially of business
printed on-site
on-site day care
on-site inspections
on-site parking

Examples of on-site in a Sentence

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Understanding Centralization's Drive Managing everything on-site can be expensive, inconsistent and inefficient. Tyler Christiansen, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025 The blast appeared to have originated near a bomb squad vehicle parked on-site, according to Newsweek. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 July 2025 The report published Thursday noted auditors questioned nearly one third of the 30 complaints that were not inspected about whether the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal-OSHA, had followed its own policies around whether to conduct an on-site inspection. William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2025 Among the crowd on-site were the astronauts’ families and friends as well as the Teacher in Space semifinalists. Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for on-site

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of on-site was in 1946

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“On-site.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on-site. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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