How to Use platform in a Sentence

platform

noun
  • She stepped off the train onto the platform.
  • The company plans to use the show as a platform to launch the new soft drink.
  • The party adopted a new platform.
  • He stepped up onto the platform and looked out into the audience.
  • Our train is boarding on platform 6.
  • Both tweets have since been deleted from X (the platform f.k.a.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Read more Keep scrolling Reddit stock is about to hit the market, but the platform's users are not thrilled.
    USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Disney+ is the only platform that required a trip to the FAQs to figure out how to cancel.
    Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2023
  • Even users who are active on Threads are spending less time on the platform.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 21 July 2023
  • In the clip, Rogers paces the New York subway platform, adjusting her shorts and top while waiting for the train.
    Kyle Lamar Rice, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The house lights come down and cell phone lights blast up as the dancers filter behind the stage, a high platform parked in the middle of the venue’s outer edge.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2023
  • And people who haven’t had a voice … being able to use my platform, my voice, to talk and touch the people who don’t have a voice.
    Kaitlyn Greenidge, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Aug. 2023
  • That led to his first brand deal with investment platform Bloom: $100 for two videos.
    Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Check us out on any ofthese social media platforms and take a look around!
    Allison Moses, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
  • Style them with a white crewneck, a cardigan, and platform shoes à la Hathaway, or dress them up with heels and a blouse.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The fiercest critics of short-term rentals don’t believe the platforms can put a stop to parties or rogue rentals in general.
    Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 12 July 2023
  • The pool of money was distributed based on creators’ shares of the platform’s overall views.
    Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The platform collects data from in-store sensors and 15 other unique datasets.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
  • And, Taylor knew when to advocate for others and use her platform for good.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
  • There’s also a four-car garage, plus a private deep-water pier, boat hoist, jet ski platform and two buoys.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Customers in China’s less prominent cities flocked to the platform due to its lower costs.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • For footwear, Mill stepped into a pair of towering silver platform peep toes.
    Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 15 June 2023
  • The slang refers to the users who follow you back on a social media platform and engage with you on a frequent and consistent basis.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The result is LaLAB—a new platform focusing on bold one-off designs.
    ELLE Decor, 18 May 2023
  • Meanwhile, Meta suffered a major outage this week that took most of its platforms offline.
    Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Girls O’clock is a social media platform for women’s watches but with a fashion lens.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Loud cheering accompanied the platform vote, which passed with 79%.
    Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2023
  • In fact, Twitter owner Elon Musk’s team appears to have recently removed the real-time tally of video views that used to be a staple of the platform.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 16 June 2023
  • The Massachusetts law gave the industry about a year to build an open data platform, likely not enough time to create a safe system.
    WIRED, 17 June 2023
  • Influencers on TikTok and other platforms have contributed to the mania by posting catchy videos of the tumblers.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024

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