daises

Definition of daisesnext
plural of dais
as in podiums
a level usually raised surface the speaker took his place at the front of the dais

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Recent Examples of daises At the Olympic media summit in October, a collection of athletes from across the sports spectrum took turns sitting at small daises to field questions from reporters on hand. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
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Noun
  • Albon was mighty in the early part of 2025 and saw Sainz roar back to claim podiums when the leading teams stumbled.
    The Athletic, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Ferreira has made 16 World Cup podiums and won seven X Games medals.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Throughout the room are Atom Power’s purple EV charging stands and large white breaker boxes ready for assembly.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The options include international cuisine, kid-friendly fare, and vegetarian and vegan choices, along with snack stands and shaded picnic areas.
    Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • High-mach drone test A new experimental aircraft is pushing the boundaries of high-speed aviation as developers pursue speeds once thought achievable only by a handful of Cold War–era platforms.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
  • February was the fifth strongest month for net retail buying in the last five years on Citadel Securities' platforms, according to the firm's head of equity and equity derivatives strategy Scott Rubner.
    Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But one of his most consequential legacies unfolded far from church pulpits and voting booths.
    Brennan Nevada Johnson, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • With her latest, Pearce puts forth a perspective of grace and faith, offering a rebuttal to shame, guilt, and judgmental messages that can too often flow from church pulpits and critical people.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Trump, meanwhile, has struck a decidedly defiant tone — offering few of the reassurances or rationalizations that past presidents have offered in the initial stages of war, and sounding more unbothered than embattled.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Last summer Freeman and his partners decided to take these experiments by the Ground Zero house band on the road, sharing stages with the San Francisco Symphony, the Nashville Symphony and at the famed Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony.
    Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026

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“Daises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daises. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

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