daises

plural of dais
as in podiums
a level usually raised surface the speaker took his place at the front of the dais

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Recent Examples of daises There were roses at Chloé, daises at Celine, and cornflowers at Stella McCartney. Minty Mellon, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026 At the Olympic media summit in October, a collection of athletes from across the sports spectrum took turns sitting at small daises to field questions from reporters on hand. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
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Noun
  • Sale items include classroom furniture such as desks, chairs, bookshelves, tables and podiums, the post says.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2026
  • The e-gates will use real-time biometric verification to match CLEAR+ members' face with their ID, allowing passengers to verify their identity in under five seconds and skip documentation checks at Transportation Security Administration podiums and proceed directly to physical screening.
    Todd Feurer, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • Tredessa Travers and her daughter, Kennedy, headed straight for water ice stands.
    Eva Andersen, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • A couple thousand Bosnian fans, most in royal blue shirts, wedged into the south stands.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Integration is central to modern missile defense, bringing together sensors, platforms, data, and decision-making tools into a more connected digital environment.
    Paid Content by Lockheed Martin, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • New research reveals 80% of consumers learn about brand crises on social platforms, expecting swift, transparent engagement over traditional press releases.
    Edward Segal, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Politicians routinely invoke faith on the campaign trail, speak from pulpits and frame policy debates in moral terms.
    Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • From church pulpits to community gatherings, the policy U-turn was widely viewed as a betrayal of Black American shoppers who launched boycotts.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • As the tribunes, Bernardo De Paula’s Brutus and Daniel DeYoung’s Sicinius scheme and rabble-rouse with manipulative glee.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Le Monde published two different tribunes, on Monday and Tuesday, defending Lapid.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 June 2026
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  • Elsewhere, Iran’s soccer team has been eliminated from the 2026 FIFA World Cup, missing the 32-team knockout stages by one spot in heartbreaking fashion.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
  • The loss of experience and military brainpower had disastrous consequences, especially in Russian lives lost, during the Winter War against Finland and the early stages of World War II against Nazi Germany.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026

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“Daises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daises. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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