platforms

plural of platform
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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 But that hasn’t stopped platforms from trying to woo large traders. — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 That data would come from state health information exchanges, EHRs, laboratories, Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial health data platforms like HealthVerity. — Brittany Trang, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026 The images will appear in digital outlets, as well as on social media platforms and traditional outdoor media placement. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 Uthmeier is escalating the state’s legal battle as OpenAI faces growing controversy over its AI models repeatedly hacking third-party platforms, most notably Hugging Face, without the company’s knowledge. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026 Nordquist stopped at a series of platforms that tracked the snow’s height. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 On social media, the awards accounted for 159 million video views across platforms, up 8 percent year to year. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026 But some experts say AI agents pose real risks that could give many online service providers some pause before allowing agents to use their platforms. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026 Social platforms have industrialized this process by providing constant signals about how others respond to us. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for platforms
Noun
  • Competitors had to lift them onto podiums at different heights in the quickest time possible.
    — Rob Tanner, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The points are represented by plastic eyeballs dropped into decorative glass urns on their player podiums, styled like museum exhibits — a fun bit of whimsy in the production design that unites the ideas of vision and museum art.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Late-night, the lobby bar doubles as one of South Beach's best intimate live jazz venues.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The law also exempts California pro sports teams and venues that manage their own ticket inventory.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In this case, that’s made easier by the wealth of Kraft and the other venue owners who did not want Macklemore on their stages, along with populist anger at billionaires.
    — Kenneth L. Marcus, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Review is just one of the stages where speed gains get canceled out.
    — Illia Smoliienko, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The forums are not official hearings because they have been organized without Republican support.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Unfortunately, a growing number of candidates are shying away from opportunities to appear in forums or other events that put them in proximity with their opponents.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The first and second floors feature large assembly halls with rows of pulpits on different levels, representing a hierarchy of the priesthood just emerging in early Mormon practice.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • 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
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  • The spot, which first aired Wednesday on conservative media outlets Fox News and Newsmax, cost $14,000, according to the firm AdImpact, which tracks media spending.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The White House complied and reissued press passes to staffers for the outlets Thursday morning — but then blocked the networks at the state dinner.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Platforms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platforms. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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