"on stream" meaning in All languages combined

See on stream on Wiktionary

Adverb [English]

Forms: onstream [alternative]
Rhymes: -iːm Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} on stream (not comparable)
  1. In or into operation or production. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-on_stream-en-adv-k6-f-So7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2025 June 26, Kasra Naji, “When Iran's supreme leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation”, in BBC:",
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