teleprompter

noun tele·prompt·er \ ˈte-lə-ˌpräm(p)-tər \

|Updated on: 17 Aug 2018

Definition of teleprompter

: a device for displaying prepared text to a speaker or performer

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Recent Examples of teleprompter from the Web

God bless his staff for not realizing that Trump needs a teleprompter no matter how light the situation.

— stephen a. crockett jr., The Root, "Donald Trump Sounds Crazy at Easter Egg Roll, Tells Children the Military Is at a Level They’ve Never Seen Before," 2 Apr. 2018
Just today The Daily Show published a video showing the similarities with the texts read on teleprompters by anchors in North Korea with the ones being read by anchors on Fox News.

— amira rasool, Teen Vogue, "Journalist Liz Plank Believes the Media Was Baited by Melania Trump's Zara Jacket," 22 June 2018
Trump stayed uncharacteristically on message during his hour-long speech at the campaign-style rally, mostly sticking to the teleprompter.

— james hohmann, Washington Post, "The Daily 202: Trump reassures anxious hawks that he’s willing to walk away from North Korea talks," 11 May 2018
Not only does the presentation make the game seem unnecessarily intimidating at first, but the underlying simplicity means that solving the park’s endless problems starts to feel like playing from a teleprompter.

— steven strom, Ars Technica, "Jurassic World Evolution," 19 June 2018
Using a teleprompter is just not being able to memorize your lines.

— connor whittum, Billboard, "Neil Patrick Harris Seemingly Shades Rachel Bloom, Bruce Springsteen on Twitter During 2018 Tony Awards," 11 June 2018
And the likelihood is diminished even further when it’s delivered by a president whose daily, working persona bares such a vanishing resemblance to the one who turns up occasionally, on nights like Tuesday, to read words off of a teleprompter.

— tory newmyer, Washington Post, "The Finance 202: Trump's State of the Union address isn't going to reshape Washington agenda," 31 Jan. 2018
Sykes tried to get back to handing out awards to deserving diverse TV shows, but the teleprompter didn't work.

— carly mallenbaum, USA TODAY, "How Britney Spears broke the GLAAD Awards and also helped Jim Parsons become an actor," 13 Apr. 2018
There was no podium and no teleprompter, but his voice was growing louder and his upper lip was getting stiffer.

— théoden janes, charlotteobserver, "Joe Biden came here to promote his book. But is that the only thing he was selling?," 14 June 2018

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