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
But the breakdown of who gets paid and who doesn’t during a government shutdown is a failure of a budget structure that goes beyond a particular administration, according to Linda Bilmes, a public finance expert and senior lecturer at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
The English army’s march southward has always been part of Harold’s romantic identity, said Duncan Wright, a senior lecturer in medieval archaeology at the Newcastle University in England.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 23 Mar. 2026
Mihaela had been raised on a farm in Manitoba, Canada, and now lives in North Carolina, whereas Taparjan, who is a university lecturer and a qualified social worker, lives in North-East England.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Former commercial airline pilot Marco Chan, a senior lecturer in aviation security at the UK’s Buckinghamshire New University, agrees that anyone with travel plans should feel reassured about flying in the Middle East right now.
—Clare Dight, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2026
That statue was an important symbol for students from farm-working families in North County, said Karla Reyes, the operations manager at the Centro Cultural de la Raza and ethnic studies lecturer at MiraCosta College.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
Rachel Taparjan is a British Romanian filmmaker and academic in North East England, working as a senior lecturer in social work at Teesside University.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
The rest of the Democratic hopefuls include Collins, Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins, engineer Felix Tello and UIC adjunct lecturer David Ehrlich.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Peter Woit, a senior lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at Columbia University, didn't attend the 2006 conference.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
The English army’s march southward has always been part of Harold’s romantic identity, said Duncan Wright, a senior lecturer in medieval archaeology at the Newcastle University in England.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 23 Mar. 2026
Mihaela had been raised on a farm in Manitoba, Canada, and now lives in North Carolina, whereas Taparjan, who is a university lecturer and a qualified social worker, lives in North-East England.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Former commercial airline pilot Marco Chan, a senior lecturer in aviation security at the UK’s Buckinghamshire New University, agrees that anyone with travel plans should feel reassured about flying in the Middle East right now.
—Clare Dight, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2026
That statue was an important symbol for students from farm-working families in North County, said Karla Reyes, the operations manager at the Centro Cultural de la Raza and ethnic studies lecturer at MiraCosta College.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
Rachel Taparjan is a British Romanian filmmaker and academic in North East England, working as a senior lecturer in social work at Teesside University.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
The rest of the Democratic hopefuls include Collins, Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins, engineer Felix Tello and UIC adjunct lecturer David Ehrlich.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Peter Woit, a senior lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at Columbia University, didn't attend the 2006 conference.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lecturer
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On the corner of Fairway Drive and Texas 26, a stage was set up where a slew of speakers stepped up to invigorate the crowd.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026
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The main program of more than 80 speakers was not scheduled to begin until Thursday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Her father Walter was a prominent lawyer and orator.—
Shoshi Parks,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
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While some post-emancipation Black leaders backed social integration, author, orator and educator Washington, the first leader of the Tuskegee Institute, urged self-reliance.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Lecturer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lecturer. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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