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daises

noun

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 There were roses at Chloé, daises at Celine, and cornflowers at Stella McCartney. — Minty Mellon, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026 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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Competitors had to lift them onto podiums at different heights in the quickest time possible.

— Rob Tanner, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The points are represented by plastic eyeballs dropped into decorative glass urns on their player podiums, styled like museum exhibits — a fun bit of whimsy in the production design that unites the ideas of vision and museum art.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

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Boos rained down from Superdome stands, and Saints coach Kellen Moore gestured incredulously with his arms out to his side and palms up when officials, following a video review, upheld the call of a fumble.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
If the two-game suspension stands, shame on the Southern Section, too.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of stands

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The first and second floors feature large assembly halls with rows of pulpits on different levels, representing a hierarchy of the priesthood just emerging in early Mormon practice.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Politicians routinely invoke faith on the campaign trail, speak from pulpits and frame policy debates in moral terms.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 21 June 2026

Definition of pulpits

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But a new study found that most cases of colorectal cancer in kids and teenagers are aggressive, and often diagnosed at advanced stages.

— Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
Such direct observations can be detailed, but they are often limited to near-coastal regions and unevenly distributed, while many of the most important stages of hurricane development occur over the open ocean where direct observations are sparse.

— Chanh Kieu, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

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