platforms

plural of platform
1
as in podiums
a level usually raised surface you'll have to stand up there on the platform for your speech

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as in venues
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 platforms The transactions facilitated on these platforms occur entirely independently of FIFA’s official ticketing platform. Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-53359, allows guest virtual machines—such as those used in cloud platforms to isolate one user’s instance from the host OS and other user instances—to break out of that container. Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026 The commercial transaction formalizes a technical relationship established in late 2025, during which engineering teams from both companies evaluated how Adelphi’s systems could scale to meet the operational demands of commercial nuclear platforms. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026 As clinical-grade platforms expands across regions, infrastructures and workflows, this discipline becomes more important, not less. Boris Berat, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Integration is central to modern missile defense, bringing together sensors, platforms, data, and decision-making tools into a more connected digital environment. Paid Content By Lockheed Martin, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for platforms
Noun
  • Sale items include classroom furniture such as desks, chairs, bookshelves, tables and podiums, the post says.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2026
  • The e-gates will use real-time biometric verification to match CLEAR+ members' face with their ID, allowing passengers to verify their identity in under five seconds and skip documentation checks at Transportation Security Administration podiums and proceed directly to physical screening.
    Todd Feurer, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • The city’s hospitality wage, which will raise hourly wages at hotels and some entertainment venues to $25 an hour by 2030, was approved last year and took effect July 1.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • Major venues and the districts that grow around them generate billions in regional economic activity, attract investment, catalyze development and create employment at scale.
    Jonathan Mallie, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • The Hyundai Motor Company used one of the world’s largest sporting stages to showcase its robotics ambitions.
    Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • Fireflies go through four life stages – egg, larva, pupa and adult – in a process called complete metamorphosis.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • However, some online forums describe high-pressure sales tactics from company representatives when receiving quotes.
    Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The trial was being debated in many forums in the mountaineering world.
    William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Politicians routinely invoke faith on the campaign trail, speak from pulpits and frame policy debates in moral terms.
    Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • From church pulpits to community gatherings, the policy U-turn was widely viewed as a betrayal of Black American shoppers who launched boycotts.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Mealtime means a simple stroll to the eight on-site dining outlets and bars.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • Avoid basements or rooms where water has submerged electrical outlets or cords.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026

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“Platforms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platforms. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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