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onto

[on-too, awn-, on-tuh, awn-] / ˈɒn tu, ˈɔn-, ˈɒn tə, ˈɔn- /


ADJECTIVE
upon
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PREPOSITION
upon
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As to those analogues: Jackson ridiculed Alito’s refusal to acknowledge that they show how “states routinely required affirmative consent for armed carry onto private property” at the founding.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

Skip the next two paragraphs if you want to hold onto the film’s purest pleasures.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Every year, thousands of would-be novelists pour their hearts onto the page.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

For decades, the number of transistors that can be put onto a chip has doubled every two years: this is a phenomenon known as Moore's Law.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

We stepped onto it off the damp concrete.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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