guest speaker
noun
: a person invited to a gathering to give a speech
He was the guest speaker at the awards ceremony.
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Haley has also barely campaigned in the state, having little to no ground operation and visiting only once so far this cycle, during a brief appearance as a guest speaker at the Republican Jewish Coalition cattle call last year.
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Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2024
The guest speaker is Pam Hadfield, who will do a trunk show of her quilt designs.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
Erdrich, sister of Pulitzer Prize-winner Louise Erdrich, has taught and practiced multidisciplinary art for decades as a professor and in the community, visiting dozens of colleges and universities, libraries and cultural institutions as a guest speaker and teacher.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2024
John Hagee, a divisive megachurch pastor, is receiving mounting criticism over his role as a guest speaker at this week’s March for Israel after his past remarks about Jews resurfaced.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2023
The valedictorian will vow to fix the world, the principal will express faith that everyone in the class is now equipped to do so, and the prominent parent who is the guest speaker will make some insider jokes gleaned from the family’s graduating senior, which no one except the classmates will get.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
The new Niagara Parks Power Station + Tunnel will host several events, such as a mobile planetarium and interactive talks with NASA and CSA scientists, including a guest speaker who will discuss astronomy from an Indigenous perspective.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
The guest speaker is Jennifer Jacobs, a consultant and strategist adviser on more than 1,000 campaigns throughout the country.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
Just a few weeks later, the Free Press published an article that said Buchanan-Dineen would be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Women’s Advertising Club.
—Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2024
Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2024
The guest speaker is Pam Hadfield, who will do a trunk show of her quilt designs.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
Erdrich, sister of Pulitzer Prize-winner Louise Erdrich, has taught and practiced multidisciplinary art for decades as a professor and in the community, visiting dozens of colleges and universities, libraries and cultural institutions as a guest speaker and teacher.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2024
John Hagee, a divisive megachurch pastor, is receiving mounting criticism over his role as a guest speaker at this week’s March for Israel after his past remarks about Jews resurfaced.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2023
The valedictorian will vow to fix the world, the principal will express faith that everyone in the class is now equipped to do so, and the prominent parent who is the guest speaker will make some insider jokes gleaned from the family’s graduating senior, which no one except the classmates will get.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
The new Niagara Parks Power Station + Tunnel will host several events, such as a mobile planetarium and interactive talks with NASA and CSA scientists, including a guest speaker who will discuss astronomy from an Indigenous perspective.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
The guest speaker is Jennifer Jacobs, a consultant and strategist adviser on more than 1,000 campaigns throughout the country.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
Just a few weeks later, the Free Press published an article that said Buchanan-Dineen would be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Women’s Advertising Club.
—Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2024
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“Guest speaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20speaker. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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