lecturers

plural of lecturer
as in speakers
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 lecturers The union, representing about 2,700 lecturers, clinicians and librarians, won a June election with roughly 70% support, but USC has appealed to the National Labor Relations Board to toss the result. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 After more than a year of negotiations, the California Faculty Association — which represents about 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches — declared impasse in July. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026 But lecturers increasingly used images to bring new groups of people into science. — Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2026 Since the letter’s publication, more than 1,400 professors and lecturers have co-signed it. — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026 Unlike at the Center, a solidly bipartisan roster of lecturers speaks to students at the Harvard institute. — Daniel Rivero, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026 Guest lecturers were competent, discussing everything from pirates in the Caribbean to the Panama Canal. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026 Underpaid lecturers huddled closer to their space heaters, submerging themselves deeper in Aramaic love poetry to stave off thoughts of the damp. — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026 Some hosted visiting lecturers or troupes putting on plays. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
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Noun
  • These can be enjoyed with compatible headphones and speakers (like some from Sonos) that support this virtual surround sound technology.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2026
  • On a sweltering late-summer afternoon during Americanafest in Nashville, Rothman sat on the patio of Brown’s Diner — while Jeremy Ivey serenaded a crowd inside and played over the patio’s speakers — and explained how this project came to light.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Jublin was fascinated by great orators—especially political heavyweights like former French president Jacques Chirac.
    — Olivier Bouchara, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2026
  • Kinnock was among his generation’s greatest political orators—to the point that Joe Biden, then a senator from Delaware, plagiarized some of his most effective lines.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

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“Lecturers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lecturers. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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