on-the-scene

[on-thuh-seen, awn-]
adjective
being at the very place of occurrence: an on-the-scene newscast.
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on-the-scene

adjective
at the scene of action; "an on-the-spot reporter"; "on-the-spot inspections"; "an on-the scene newscast" [syn: on-the-spot
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On-the-scene is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
Our video time line tells the tale with satellite images, graphics, and on-the-scene footage.
Our video time line tells the tale via satellite images, graphics, and on-the-scene footage.
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