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Recent Examples of rostrum
But there’s only one historical figure looking directly at the speaker’s rostrum, and that’s Moses.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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
The defining image from the event featured China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un together on the rostrum overlooking the square, says NPR's Anthony Kuhn.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 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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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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
The defining image from the event featured China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un together on the rostrum overlooking the square, says NPR's Anthony Kuhn.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rostrum
podium
Noun
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But try extending that same indulgence to Olympic podiums and the Nobel Banquet Hall — in those arenas, the margins are razor-thin, and mastery demands long marination.—
Rachel Barr,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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Omar was hosting a town hall event in North Minneapolis on Tuesday evening when a man in a black jacket rushed toward the podium and sprayed her with a liquid.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Rostrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rostrum. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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