as in speaker
a person who makes usually formal public speeches
this evening's lecturer has an uncanny ability to make highly abstruse material understandable to lay audiences
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Recent Examples of lecturer
Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
The 20-member male and female cast includes a lineup of entrepreneurs, an attorney, real estate professionals, nurse, artists, chefs, insurance broker, university lecturer and more.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Jonathan Hanson, a political scientist and lecturer in statistics at the University of Michigan, said that political mood and the massive showing at the polls during an off-year election was not surprising.
—Emily Guskin, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
The site is not immediately obvious on the ground, although the main platform would have once been almost 15 meters (50 feet) high, said Verónica Vazquez Lopez, a lecturer in Mesoamerican archaeology at University College London and coauthor of the study.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
The Sheinbaum administration has not really succeeded in getting a grip on security and violence in Michoacán, said Bill Booth, a lecturer in Latin American History at University College London.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Auburn also faces a lawsuit from lecturer Candice Hale, who was placed on leave.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2025
Rob Geist Pinfold, lecturer in international security at King’s College London, compared the adversaries’ behavior to a childhood game of chicken.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2025
Erica Boothby is a social psychologist and senior lecturer at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
—Maya Rossignac-Milon
erica Boothby, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
The 20-member male and female cast includes a lineup of entrepreneurs, an attorney, real estate professionals, nurse, artists, chefs, insurance broker, university lecturer and more.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Jonathan Hanson, a political scientist and lecturer in statistics at the University of Michigan, said that political mood and the massive showing at the polls during an off-year election was not surprising.
—Emily Guskin, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
The site is not immediately obvious on the ground, although the main platform would have once been almost 15 meters (50 feet) high, said Verónica Vazquez Lopez, a lecturer in Mesoamerican archaeology at University College London and coauthor of the study.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
The Sheinbaum administration has not really succeeded in getting a grip on security and violence in Michoacán, said Bill Booth, a lecturer in Latin American History at University College London.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Auburn also faces a lawsuit from lecturer Candice Hale, who was placed on leave.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2025
Rob Geist Pinfold, lecturer in international security at King’s College London, compared the adversaries’ behavior to a childhood game of chicken.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2025
Erica Boothby is a social psychologist and senior lecturer at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
—Maya Rossignac-Milon
erica Boothby, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lecturer
Noun
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Late Friday night, a few dozen Toronto Blue Jays fans huddled outside Rogers Centre, listening to Sportsnet commentator Buck Martinez on the speakers.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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And since September, the Republican speaker has used a series of procedural maneuvers to effectively stall House business.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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When the bill comes due after seven years of high living, infidelity, gambling, drinking, and usury, Jabez’s only hope seems to be Daniel Webster (Edward Arnold), the revered and charismatic politician and orator.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Once freed from slavery, Washington toiled in coal mines, worked as a janitor in exchange for formal education and became a great American orator and leader of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Lecturer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lecturer. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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