tribune

as in podium
a level usually raised surface addressed the vast crowd from the tribune

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Recent Examples of tribune After publishing Hillbilly Elegy, Vance was widely seen as a tribune of the working class. Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 15 July 2024 And therein might lie the answer with Dragic and those worthy of tribute from the Heat’s 36 seasons, if not necessary tribune in the rafters. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024 The team mapped and measured all those that were accessible, totaling roughly 170 staples for the upper walls and 100 for the tribunes. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2024 Namely, Joe Biden is just too old to be a tribune of the young progressive Left. Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 19 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for tribune
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Noun
  • Audiences loved Bernstein, but his full-bodied manner on the podium—arms, head, hips, shoulders, eyebrows, groin in motion—caused embarrassment and even anger.
    David Denby, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson landed on the podium in third, earning Britain its first worlds medal of any color since Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean finished their run of four straight ice dance titles in 1984.
    Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Their majority was led by new Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Georgia, who dramatically accelerated the trend of shifting that office from a relatively nonpartisan to highly partisan pulpit.
    Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
  • 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.
    Kim Chandler and Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Our goal this episode was ending certain stories in climactic ways, yet building a platform for the show to leap off.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The show has consistently used its platform to teach important life lessons in fun and engaging ways, all done by some of the most influential faces in pop culture.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Tribune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tribune. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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