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Recent Examples of pulpit
Speaking at the pulpit of the city’s historic Tabernacle Baptist Church, the site of the first mass meeting of the voting rights movement, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said what happened in Selma changed the nation.
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Kim Chandler and Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
At the forum, citizens could shop, socialize and catch up on political news from the city’s leaders, who delivered speeches and edicts on the basilica’s pulpit.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
For Warnock, his legislative agenda is a reflection of his decades spent in the storied pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church, the same platform the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. served in Atlanta and where Warnock still preaches every Sunday as its senior pastor.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
Inside, marvel at the pulpit intricately carved of four local woods.
—Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Kim Chandler and Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
At the forum, citizens could shop, socialize and catch up on political news from the city’s leaders, who delivered speeches and edicts on the basilica’s pulpit.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
For Warnock, his legislative agenda is a reflection of his decades spent in the storied pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church, the same platform the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. served in Atlanta and where Warnock still preaches every Sunday as its senior pastor.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
Inside, marvel at the pulpit intricately carved of four local woods.
—Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulpit
Noun
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The Vatican long ago had offered to help facilitate peace talks, and Francis had regularly called for peace and dialogue from the altar of the basilica.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Apr. 2025
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Standing just off the main altar inside Santa Cruz Church, Ana María calmly pulled out her replacement phone — her original had been recently stolen.—
David Culver,
CNN Money,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Langley also had some memorable comments in her many turns at the podium.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 May 2025
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The American star came second in the super-G at the World Cup finals in March to become the oldest female Alpine skier to make the podium of a World Cup race by six years.—
Amy Woodyatt,
CNN Money,
7 May 2025
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“Pulpit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulpit. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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