Thesaurus results for PLATFORM

platform

noun

ˈplat-ˌfȯrm

Definition of platform

as in podium

a level usually raised surface you'll have to stand up there on the platform for your speech

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as in forum

a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information for years the publisher has used his newspaper as a platform for his extreme political conservatism

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Recent Examples of platform And how do Waymo, Tesla and other platforms assess smoothness? — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 18 Oct. 2026 The platform isn’t restricted to children’s storybooks, either. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2026 Just ahead of the wider release of Alex Gibney’s Musk documentary, TikTok has banned the film’s social media account from its platform. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026 The victim, who was in his 30s, got into an argument with another man on the northbound E train platform at the Seventh Ave. — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for platform

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Noun

The briefing room where press secretaries stand behind the podium and take questions from reporters is named after Brady.

— Chandelis Duster, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
But in an edited video put out by the White House that showed her march to the podium, set to pickup-truck-commercial music, Zacharia appeared visibly fearful.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of podium

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An Associated Press review of thousands of posts made on the forum between 2022 and 2026 found racial slurs, minimizations of Nazi Germany and defenses of white nationalist conspiracy theories.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
The People’s Armed Police, which organized the forum, is China’s paramilitary force responsible for internal security, riot control and counterterrorism.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of forum

Noun

Hub, which ran a stand with EFP and Unifrance, said the quality of the market was very good.

— Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
The basic set-up, for years, was just a comic ripping off a joke and performing it on stage; the infamous mid-2000s Comedy Store stand-off between Joe Rogan and alleged joke thief Carlos Mencia is one of the most famous examples.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of stand

Noun

Symphony plans new Plaza venue The Kansas City Symphony plans to break ground in 2026 on a new 4,600-seat concert venue near the Country Club Plaza.

— Neil Nakahodo, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026
However, both defenses allow more than 25 points per game, and the indoor venue removes weather disruption.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of venue

Noun

An elderly woman in a proper ink-black dress and modest, sensible heels motioned us over and led us down the aisle, inviting us to sit in the pair of waiting chairs just opposite the pulpit.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
In most Quaker houses of worship, there is no clergy, pulpit or altar.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of pulpit

Noun

Zacharia sat down for an interview Thursday with the conservative Human Events outlet.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
In her first and only press briefing on Tuesday, a visibly nervous Zacharia spoke from prepared remarks for about 10 minutes before taking questions from just three outlets — Breitbart, Fox News and the Daily Mail — for another five.

— Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of outlet

Noun

Actor Alan Mandell, who died at 98, helped shape Los Angeles theater as a performer, director, administrator and arts supporter whose influence stretched from experimental stages to the Mark Taper Forum.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
There was a swanky post All3Media-Banijay wedding party in Cannes’ iconic Carlton Hotel and Jeff Zucker and Marco Bassetti took to the MIPCOM stage.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

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