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 Here’s a look at more interesting likes and dislikes Payton’s outlined at the podium in his time on the Front Range. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025 The sheriff spoke alongside Jacqueline Reckling at that podium. Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2025 His bronze version turns him into a Lurch who shuffle-lumbers on his podium, zombie-legged, his teeth bared. Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2025 As for Portal of Force, the trailer featured Spacey back in action performing in both action sequences and dramatic moments, like one that saw his character standing at a podium delivering lines that feel ripped from the headlines. Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for podium
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Noun
  • In an analysis of over a billion job postings, labor insight platform LightCast identified not only a surge in demand for AI skills, but also higher average pay for jobs that required them.
    Dylan Butts Shreya Ghosal, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Jordan Wood, a former congressional aide, jumped into the race early on a platform of transparency.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Hart worked in both television and on Broadway, with her stage credits including the revivals of The Heiress (1976) and Design for Living (1984), as well as the premiere production of Tom Stoppard's 1977 play Dirty Linen & New-Found-Land, for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.
    Vandana Pawa, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • During the annual Rhythm & Roots Reunion festival, Shanghai is the first to set up a stage for performing bands.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Fuller will continue to lead the church’s congregation and fulfill his responsibilities as the pulpit minister, church officials said.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Let voices of care ring out of every pulpit, speak from every heart and be extended with kind acts from every hand.
    Ciera Bates-Chamberlain, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The private homes of top Nepalese political leaders—including the nation's president—were torched by demonstrators who took to the streets in a stand against a social media ban.
    Robert Birsel Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Klein now had most of the funds needed to save a unique stand of ancient forest.
    David Gelles, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • The conversation occurred as the leaders—accompanied by North Korea's Kim Jong Un—walked to the Tiananmen rostrum during ceremonies in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on Wednesday.
    Toby Meyjes John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Then a jagged rostrum breached from below the murky water.
    Jack Prator, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
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  • The Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Before the city council voted to temporarily suspend the anti-discrimination law, nearly a dozen residents spoke in front of the dais disapproving the action.
    Rachel Royster September 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The film, premiering in competition on Sunday night, features Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Moore and Luka Sabbat, all of whom joined Blanchett on the dais.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
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  • Why, look about you: the tribune, the press, intelligence, speech, thought, all that was liberty, has vanished.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
  • Trump and comparable tribunes of national greatness are now setting the global agenda.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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  • All staterooms and suites on Le Commandant Charcot feature private balconies or terraces with room for up to 245 guests.
    Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • George, Charlotte and Louis' most recent public appearance as a trio was at Trooping the Colour in June, where a breakout moment of the day was Louis making sure to get the last wave as the royal family departed the Buckingham Palace balcony.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Podium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/podium. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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