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
  • Korean content’s expansion has been well documented; Chinese content’s reach across the region has grown dramatically in the past two years, which is why iQIYI and WeTV are at APOS focusing not just on their streaming platforms but on their studio and content-licensing capabilities.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 June 2026
  • The result is a cleaner and more refined appearance that sets the platform apart from many traditional DIY robotics projects.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 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
  • The national team moved its training base from Arizona to Tijuana, Mexico, but will play its group-stage games in Los Angeles and Seattle.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • Candice and Timothy show Brittany how ‘church hurt’ stretches out from the pulpit and into cultural norms around gender, sexuality, acceptance.
    Brittany Luse, NPR, 9 June 2026
  • The Sagrada Familia is a global pulpit, but it's set in a country where Christianity is receding.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • Some lines were longer than others, like the birria tacos stand.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
  • The South Boston community is taking a stand and rallying around two children after an armed robbery at their lemonade stand Wednesday afternoon.
    Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 12 June 2026
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  • 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
  • Discussion on the dais was tense.
    Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Over the next five years restoration will extend to the three great rose windows of the west, north, and south façades, the flying buttresses of the nave, the west façade towers, and the windows of the nave tribune as well as the choir chapels.
    Michael T. Davis, The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2026
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  • Located opposite the balcony where King was shot, the museum’s new Legacy Experience focuses, with urgency, on the modern era, with its controversies over immigration and Black Lives Matter activism.
    USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
  • Petter Gran turned the balcony of his apartment in Oslo, Norway, into a makeshift restaurant.
    Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 9 June 2026

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“Podium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/podium. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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