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Recent Examples of pulpit
Picture him in his threadbare suit, nervously smoking his Tecla cigarettes, his eyes obliquely devouring everything, his notes on a small table that resembles a pulpit.
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Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
The conference circuit’s jawboning strategy — that crypto price will obey the pulpit — appears to have stopped applying.
—Isabelle Lee, Bloomberg, 30 Apr. 2026
Americans are accustomed to hearing biblical terms from the pulpit on Sunday, but these days they're frequently invoked from the Pentagon podium.
—CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
There is a limit to how much the mayor’s office can do — like, say, compel the governor to raise taxes in order to fund a set of programs that were central to one’s campaign — but as an organizing apparatus, City Hall is an incredible pulpit.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 6 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
The conference circuit’s jawboning strategy — that crypto price will obey the pulpit — appears to have stopped applying.
—Isabelle Lee, Bloomberg, 30 Apr. 2026
Americans are accustomed to hearing biblical terms from the pulpit on Sunday, but these days they're frequently invoked from the Pentagon podium.
—CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
There is a limit to how much the mayor’s office can do — like, say, compel the governor to raise taxes in order to fund a set of programs that were central to one’s campaign — but as an organizing apparatus, City Hall is an incredible pulpit.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulpit
Noun
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Since glaciers didn’t flow right into Salisbury, the study speculates the stone, thought to have served as an altar, was deposited hundreds of miles east, beneath what is now the North Sea.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
4 June 2026
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Anybody who chose this option had to walk past the altar to the front of the church, where the priest waited in a small room.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
Noun
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But before the last vote was cast, State Senator Michael Young—who would end up voting in favor of the redistricting—got up to the podium and asked to speak on the record.—
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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In any other year, Radcliffe would be ascending to the podium, and deservedly so.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
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“Pulpit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulpit. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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