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noun

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Verb
The pair have lectured around the world and written numerous medical journal articles. T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025 Though his parents never explicitly lectured him about hard work, their example spoke volumes. Omaid Homayun, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
His fortunes changed after an early Stripe hire sat in on a guest lecture Taneja gave at MIT and connected him with the startup’s cofounder brothers, Patrick and John Collison. Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 Often, the lectures are less about the shows than about the context they were originally made and viewed in. Brian Cheung, NBC news, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for lecture
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lecture
Verb
  • At another meeting in May 2024, Grippo scolded female employees for not working hard enough, although the team was high-performing and employees worked long hours, the lawsuit said.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
  • In January at the annual World Economic Forum, President Donald Trump scolded Brian Moynihan, the CEO of Bank of America.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • The billionaire South African businessman, Johann Rupert, spoke forcefully too.
    Jonny Steinberg, Time, 22 May 2025
  • Last year for Mother's Day, Parker spoke with PEOPLE about motherhood and shared that becoming a parent has been one of the greatest gifts she's received.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The volunteers then sat in the basement of Marsh Chapel, at Boston University, and listened to a Good Friday sermon piped in from the pulpit above them.
    Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
  • They were required to work late hours, pray late into the evening and to wake up early to worship during church sermons that went on for hours, prosecutors wrote in the indictment.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • In 2022, he was reprimanded for oxycodone trafficking.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 22 May 2025
  • The Supreme Court on Monday said Broward County Judge Mardi Levey Cohen will be reprimanded June 3 as part of discipline that also includes a 10-day suspension without pay.
    News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • Patti LuPone stood in a midtown recording studio one spring afternoon, talking to Carrie Bradshaw.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
  • Witnesses said the customer complained about his order to a female employee working at the Checkers window and asked to talk to a manager several times, investigators wrote in the report.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Come to Citi Field for the Mets, stay for the lesson on MLB’s obscure rules.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
  • In each episode, the trio will embark on adventures across Brazil, discovering unique biomes, cultural traditions and important lessons about environmental preservation and collaboration.
    Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • India blamed Pakistan for the attack, an accusation rejected by Islamabad.
    Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
  • Such a strategy seeks to blame the EU for ‘forcing’ its member states to shoulder the burden of caring for refugees, at the expense of their own citizens.
    Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • In many ways, Saturday’s talk was a truncated version of the marathon speech that the senator gave in April.
    Linh Tat, Oc Register, 31 May 2025
  • In his speech, Hegseth called out China's ambitions in Latin America, specifically attempts to increase influence over the Panama Canal.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025

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“Lecture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lecture. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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