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
Forty-five years later, Cottrell's story was told on Long Lost Family, with the team discovering that her biological son, Paul Clarke, a university lecturer, was still living in Liverpool and had been married to his partner, Owen, for 20 years.
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Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Saeed Askari, a PhD student at the university, along with Parama Banerjee, PhD, a senior lecturer in the department ofchemical and biological engineering, who led the research, reportedly used heat treatment to turn 3D material into ultra-thin carbon-sheets.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Historian, lecturer and author Bonnie Harris and Filipino American author of books for young people Tracy Badua will speak, and the event will feature Philippine folk dancers, singers and food.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
The lecturer, who was not on the Professor Watchlist, was fired and two administrators were removed from their posts.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
During the 2024 fiscal year, 518 children in Tennessee were arrested under the current threats of mass violence law, including 71 children between the ages of 7 and 11, according to Beth Cruz, a lecturer in public interest law at Vanderbilt University Law School.
—Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
As trees store chlorophyll, their leaves change from green to yellow, as well as orange and red, colors left by other chemicals, said Brandon Fuller, a doctoral candidate and lecturer in the biology department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Will Collins is a lecturer at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary.
—Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Saeed Askari, a PhD student at the university, along with Parama Banerjee, PhD, a senior lecturer in the department ofchemical and biological engineering, who led the research, reportedly used heat treatment to turn 3D material into ultra-thin carbon-sheets.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Historian, lecturer and author Bonnie Harris and Filipino American author of books for young people Tracy Badua will speak, and the event will feature Philippine folk dancers, singers and food.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
The lecturer, who was not on the Professor Watchlist, was fired and two administrators were removed from their posts.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
During the 2024 fiscal year, 518 children in Tennessee were arrested under the current threats of mass violence law, including 71 children between the ages of 7 and 11, according to Beth Cruz, a lecturer in public interest law at Vanderbilt University Law School.
—Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
As trees store chlorophyll, their leaves change from green to yellow, as well as orange and red, colors left by other chemicals, said Brandon Fuller, a doctoral candidate and lecturer in the biology department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Will Collins is a lecturer at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary.
—Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lecturer
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While the vigil was not planned in response to the shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, attendees and speakers expressed grief over the incident.—
Tess Ware,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Keynote speakers included Rey, Charlotte Jozan, managing director of mainland China at Chanel, and Joan Valadou, consul general of France in Shanghai.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Archaeologists working in the Gulf of Naples have discovered the first physical evidence of what could be a bathhouse belonging to the famed Roman orator and politician Cicero.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Aug. 2025
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Stoic leaders, such as Marcus Aurelius and the great Roman orator Cicero, were intensely preoccupied with justice and the language used to administer it.—
Anna Jankowska,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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“Lecturer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lecturer. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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