as in platform
a level usually raised surface the conductor on the podium tonight is one of the leading figures of classical music

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Recent Examples of podium That all-Black podium was just the beginning of something that will hopefully continue, not just within our sport, but within sports in general. Lucy Feldman, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025 According to videos of the incident, Hosemann appeared to be standing at his podium in the chamber. Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025 In a video first posted to the Mississippi legislature’s YouTube page that has since been deleted but posted elsewhere, Hosemann, 77, can be seen standing at the podium before bowing his head, slowly keeling over into the microphone, and then collapsing to the side. Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Feb. 2025 The 66-year-old host was performing his duties on the Tuesday, February 18 episode of the game show like any other when contestant Roslin Real stepped up to the podium. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for podium
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Noun
  • The Shein platform boasts more than 150 million users.
    Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Like the Ford Explorer, the Capri sits on the Volkswagen MEB platform that underpins the ID.4.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • During the system’s seventh test mission on Jan. 16, SpaceX similarly lost communication with the vehicle’s upper stage after about 8 minutes.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In time with the beat, columns of fire blasted from a complicated and expensive-looking stage setup as a litany of dance hits blasted through the speakers of Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, where more than 15,000 people and their approximately 30,000 ears were gathered to hear the music.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The global stadium jaunt is now slated to kick-off with a two-night stand at Goyang Stadium in Goyang, South Korea on July 5-6, before moving on to SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on July 12-13.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2025
  • This protective case has a real stand that sits flush on the back.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Standing in the rostrum of the House of Representatives, a gavel in her hand and a look of imperturbable stoicism on her face, Ms. Harris officiated as the two houses of Congress met in joint session to formally count the Electoral College votes for president.
    Peter Baker, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The state also warns against standing or sitting next to the rostrum, which has up to 29 teeth on each side, experts say.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • And there was attention paid during the speeches both to the improbable fact that an offshoot of the group, Dead & Company, is still out there playing, 60 years after the original group’s formation, even as Weir acknowledged absences at the dais.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025
  • After an executive session lasting nearly an hour and a half, all board members but Smith returned to the dais.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Trump and comparable tribunes of national greatness are now setting the global agenda.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Trump may have proved to be a uniquely popular tribune for this constituency.
    Arthur C. Brooks, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
Noun
  • Additionally, the walls were covered in barbed wire, and the balcony had a large privacy wall.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Fisk smiles down from his balcony, seeming to be looking straight at Murdock.
    Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025

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“Podium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/podium. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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