on the premises
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: inside a building or on the area of land that it is on
The hotel has a restaurant on the premises.
No smoking is allowed on the premises.
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There is also a needy Orthodox Jewish woman (Genevieve Hudson-Price) on the premises this day, Henry Czerny as a rabbi, plus various others floating through the floors and the doors, and making Bunny’s birthday memorable in all the wrong ways.
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
This year, the final erotic frames were shot on the premises.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 5 Mar. 2025
The other person worked on a dairy farm and reported seeing several dead barn cats on the premises.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
The truth is much darker: some U.S. schools have litter boxes on the premises in case students need to use them during long active shooter drills or real crises.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 26 Mar. 2025
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
This year, the final erotic frames were shot on the premises.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 5 Mar. 2025
The other person worked on a dairy farm and reported seeing several dead barn cats on the premises.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
The truth is much darker: some U.S. schools have litter boxes on the premises in case students need to use them during long active shooter drills or real crises.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for on the premises
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“On the premises.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20premises. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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