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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
Members also perform ceremonial events and hold meetings and lectures in the space.
—Zenebou Sylla, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
Goodall was in a bedroom, resting her eyes from her travels and lectures into the spotlights.
—Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The Buffalo Zoo is also throwing a party including animal meet-and-greets, wide-open viewing spaces, and a lecture on animal behaviors during the eclipse.
—Melissa Locker, TIME, 6 Apr. 2024
Friday Two free lectures: MiraCosta College’s LIFE (Learning is for Everyone) group holds two free lectures April 5 at the Oceanside Campus, in the Board Room Trailer (T200) by the Police Station.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2024
Long before Mansi delivers a lecture on the specifics of her studies and their overlap with global climate change, the moths feel monumentally important, and deeply connected to us.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
With next month’s total solar eclipse fast approaching, this month’s Astronomy on Tap lectures are focused on the rare natural phenomenon.
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
Schilt said the university contacted her in January saying its legal affairs team believed the lecture fell within the DEI training now prohibited by the state’s law.
—Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
West has lectured and spoken at several institutions including Yale University, University of Michigan, the Dramatists Guild, Howard University and the Shubert Organization.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
William has also lectured for police departments on best practices for criminal investigations.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2024
Last week, Putin got to lecture millions of Americans by granting an interview to Tucker Carlson.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
Van Hise lectured on eugenics, gave public speeches and talked to legislators.
—Journal Sentinel, 29 Feb. 2024
Knight also lectures at Texas A&M School of Law and for the State Bar of Texas.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2024
Soldiers conducting street raids lecture young men found with small bags of marijuana on the perils of drugs or a life of crime.
—Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
By turns, one of us lectured for the first hour, and the other served as commentator during the class discussion for the second.
—Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Noun
Middle English, act of reading, from Late Latin lectura, from Latin lectus, past participle of legere
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
circa 1590, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
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“Lecture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lecture. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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