teleprompter
noun
tele·prompt·er
ˈte-lə-ˌpräm(p)-tər 
: a device for displaying prepared text to a speaker or performer
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After some patter from the hype man, Greg Gutfeld came out and read MAGA-dad jokes off a teleprompter, and teed up his four guests: a comedian named Michael Loftus, the anarchist troll Michael Malice, the former MTV v.j. Kennedy, and Cobb, who wore a Chicago Blackhawks hockey jersey.
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Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
My brothers sat in the living room inside watching Dawne Gee, local news legend, read a teleprompter.
—Jonathon Sturgeon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
And there was also a lot of coherent messaging between the parade of talent who seemed reluctant to follow the teleprompter and the music cues which hit at odd intervals.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
Gaffes like falling up the stairs of Air Force One and reading teleprompter instructions aloud became conservative fodder that escalated as the years progressed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
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Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
My brothers sat in the living room inside watching Dawne Gee, local news legend, read a teleprompter.
—Jonathon Sturgeon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
And there was also a lot of coherent messaging between the parade of talent who seemed reluctant to follow the teleprompter and the music cues which hit at odd intervals.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
Gaffes like falling up the stairs of Air Force One and reading teleprompter instructions aloud became conservative fodder that escalated as the years progressed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for teleprompter
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“Teleprompter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teleprompter. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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