Definition of podiumnext
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 This all led her to the top of the podium in both the team and women’s skating events in Milan. Alice Park, Time, 9 June 2026 Meanwhile, his seven-time world champion teammate Lewis Hamilton has won the race three times and stood on the podium on six other occasions. Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026 While celebrating his second-place finish, Hamilton — who holds the all-time F1 records for the most race wins, pole positions and podium finishes — blew a subtle kiss to the All's Fair actress from the podium. Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026 Isack Hadjar completed the podium in third, claiming his first Formula 1 top-three finish for Red Bull. Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for podium
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Noun
  • The plane was on its third flight Sunday morning, according to FlightAware, a flight tracking platform.
    Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026
  • These requirements, carried out via government IDs, credit cards or face scans, will apply to social platforms like Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X, but not messaging services like WhatsApp and Signal.
    Angela Yang, NBC news, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • The 2026 men’s World Cup group stage consists of 12 groups of four competing in round-robin competition, an increase of 16 teams from the last men’s World Cup.
    Boston Herald, Boston Herald, 12 June 2026
  • Local groups Sin Tope and Making Movies performed on the festival’s main stage, giving fans a chance to decompress and have some fun, rather than stressing about their favorite team.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • Anamaria and her brother, John Paul, read passages from the Bible from a pulpit framed by flowers and a portrait of Sayre.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
  • The church’s parklike campus took up an entire block on Fifth Avenue, and its high pulpit was occupied by Harry Emerson Fosdick, a bespectacled liberal Baptist minister.
    Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • Taxpayers didn't elect you to take ideological stands that legally expose the city.
    Marissa Armas, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2025
  • All-Matching Furniture Sets A pair of club chairs, night stands, set of dining chairs, or even a sofa and a wing back chair upholstered in the same print—yes.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • On April 29, Elizabeth's son, King Charles III, twice name-dropped George III from the rostrum at the heart of American democracy.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • Pylkkänen, who sometimes takes to the rostrum for Fair Warning, told me that private sales are being boosted by a new upper tier of collectors that have become wary of buying at auction.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Whoever wins will help shape the power dynamics on the dais.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 8 June 2026
  • If critics truly despise the 365-foot, 210-unit Live Local project, their ire is pointed at the wrong dais.
    Keith Poliakoff, Sun Sentinel, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Le Monde published two different tribunes, on Monday and Tuesday, defending Lapid.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 June 2026
  • Performers include Nathan Tokunaga; the beloved local vocal duo Tuck and Patti; Roger Glenn Latin Jazz Ensemble with guitarist Ray Obiedo; Miles Smiles, a Miles Davis tribune featuring Essiet Essiet, David Sanchez, Eddie Henderson and Akira Tana; and saxophonist/singer-songwriter Vanessa Collier.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Just below sits the dining room, accompanied by a balcony that serves as an intimate setting for outdoor meals.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 June 2026
  • Each will have three bedrooms and two bathrooms, with a balcony, in-unit laundry, and a tandem parking garage.
    Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2026

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“Podium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/podium. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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