as in platform
a level usually raised surface the conductor on the podium tonight is one of the leading figures of classical music

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Recent Examples of podium The duo has combined for three wins and seven podiums this year. Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025 Digital loyalty cards and emails/text messages are still on the podium with their respective 3 out of 10 ratio, while plastic cards—somewhat surprisingly—pulled in similarly strong results (29.3%). Zsuzsa Kecsmar, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 The race then ends with one and a half laps of the historic Roubaix velodrome, on the Belgian border, before the winner is presented with a commemorative cobble of their own on the podium. Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025 About 20 feet from the podium, the two women waited through hours of musical performances and speeches by prominent progressive officials, including Los Angeles City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez and Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) and Maxwell Frost (D-Florida), the first Gen Z member of Congress. Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for podium
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Noun
  • Several videos of people keying Teslas have gone viral on social media platforms Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • In January, the online travel platform Fliggy said the volume of BNPL travel purchases rose more than 20% from 2023 to 2024.
    Monica Pitrelli,Bella Stoddart, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
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  • There was a time when theater artists were encouraged to dig deeper into what made the stage unique as a form — most notably the palpable connection between actors and spectators.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
  • What's kept my company going in this stage is the bigger picture.
    Hope Horner, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • From courthouses to study halls and pulpits to Senate floors, Black leaders have changed the world’s vision about what access to justice looks like in real time.
    Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • He has been suspended from his post more than once for such actions as adopting children and inveighing against Hillary Clinton from his pulpit during the 2008 election.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
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  • From 1875 to 1929 it was delineated by a simple circle outlined in chalk (hence the name), but today the circle is much more esteemed with presentation stands and roses planted in the shape of a horseshoe.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Massimo Dutti linen stand collar shirt $120 MASSIMO DUTTI Kallmeyer Clemence pleated cotton-blend twill barrel-leg pants $510 NET-A-PORTER With a Printed Maxi Dress and a Basket Bag One of our favorite ways to wear sneakers during the spring and summer?
    Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2025
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  • Standing in the rostrum of the House of Representatives, a gavel in her hand and a look of imperturbable stoicism on her face, Ms. Harris officiated as the two houses of Congress met in joint session to formally count the Electoral College votes for president.
    Peter Baker, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The state also warns against standing or sitting next to the rostrum, which has up to 29 teeth on each side, experts say.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The battlelines are drawn in the crowded, high-stakes San Jose District 3 City Council special election, with business and labor interests flooding the race with donations in what could become a crucial seat for control of the dais.
    Devan Patel, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Image Exactly one month later, speaking from the same dais as the governor, Cory Swanson, the new chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court, pushed back — surprising many legislators.
    Will Warasila, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
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  • Trump and comparable tribunes of national greatness are now setting the global agenda.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Trump may have proved to be a uniquely popular tribune for this constituency.
    Arthur C. Brooks, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
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  • Courtesy of The Edition The Miami Beach Edition is somehow both a sanctuary and a social haven: their spacious guest rooms are adorned in warm calming neutrals and pale woods, many with balconies that look over the ocean.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Watching on from the balconies above, Unai Emery will return here, to Hondarribia, whenever his schedule allows.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Podium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/podium. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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