keynote speaker

noun

: one who delivers a keynote address

Examples of keynote speaker in a Sentence

Senator Williams was the keynote speaker at the convention.
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TikTok for Business and Google are keynote speakers at Crisp’s the Future Is Vertical conference in Seoul, signaling growing platform engagement with microdrama producers and the potential for distribution scale that could bypass standalone apps entirely. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025 Hip-hop artist and TV personality Big Freedia and 2025 Grammy winner Tank (of Tank and the Bangas), both of New Orleans, are the conference’s 2026 keynote speakers. Paul Grein, Billboard, 12 Nov. 2025 According to the release, the keynote speaker was Michael Cherman, a CCA alumni and now founder of Market Studios, a global brand and design studio. Del Mar Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025 In 2023, Hizkias began speaking Amharic - Ethiopia's official language - regularly on her TikTok page and served as a keynote speaker at the Ethiopian-Eritrean Student Association Feast at Columbia University in 2024. Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for keynote speaker

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of keynote speaker was in 1896

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“Keynote speaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keynote%20speaker. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.

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