as in speaker
a person who makes usually formal public speeches
this evening's lecturer has an uncanny ability to make highly abstruse material understandable to lay audiences
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Recent Examples of lecturer
Melissa McCoul was a senior lecturer in the English department with over a decade of teaching experience.
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Juan A. Lozano, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Senior lecturer Regina McCombs said the training reflects the changing realities facing journalists, including students.
—Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Advertisement Warsh is currently a fellow at the Hoover Institution and a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
Duha Hamed, a UIC lecturer of mathematics, statistics and computer science, said Thursday her analysis shows about 34% of district students come from Arabic speaking households.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Scharmer is a senior lecturer at MIT and founding chair of the Presencing Institute.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
But her rocky start will be tough to turn around according to Tom Bettag, a former network news producer who is now a lecturer at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Music 101 featuring Michael Gerdes, director of orchestras at San Diego State University and guest lecturers.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Juan A. Lozano, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Senior lecturer Regina McCombs said the training reflects the changing realities facing journalists, including students.
—Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Advertisement Warsh is currently a fellow at the Hoover Institution and a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
Duha Hamed, a UIC lecturer of mathematics, statistics and computer science, said Thursday her analysis shows about 34% of district students come from Arabic speaking households.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Scharmer is a senior lecturer at MIT and founding chair of the Presencing Institute.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
But her rocky start will be tough to turn around according to Tom Bettag, a former network news producer who is now a lecturer at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Music 101 featuring Michael Gerdes, director of orchestras at San Diego State University and guest lecturers.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lecturer
Noun
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Duterte's threat in an online news conference in November 2024 to have the president, his wife and House of Representatives speaker killed by an assassin if she were killed amid their disputes was also cited in the one of the impeachment complaints.—
JIM GOMEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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But Willie Brown, the former mayor and speaker was not worried that Newsom would overly burnish his own story in his book.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In the 19th century, the voices of Black leadership were the abolitionists and educators, orators, and clergy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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My own children may not remember their grandfather, the skilled orator.—
Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Lecturer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lecturer. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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