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 At one point, Kuehne grabbed what appeared to be a podium and placed it in the way of a metal barrier to keep it from closing, the documents said. Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025 Throughout the flagship, garments float on display podiums designed to present each item as an individual work of art. Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2025 Musk stands at the podium, graced with the presidential seal, and thanks the crowd. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2025 Musk seemed surprised to be called up and walked over the podium after corralling his son X, who was wearing a red sweater. Brian Bennett, TIME, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for podium 
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Noun
  • Each adventure on the platform reflects real-life experiences, adding humor, life lessons, and affirmations that promote self-confidence, curiosity, and ingenuity.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Elon Musk says that his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is a better source of information than the traditional news media.
    John Hyatt, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • However, that will likely change later this year, as the data is currently undergoing its final validation stage.
    Dan Peck, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s book The BFG, which Steven Spielberg turned into a 2016 movie starring Mark Rylance, now is being adapted into a stage spectacular by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There are, however, many churchgoing Catholics like my wife and me whose beliefs are a long way form those in our pulpits, either at our local church or in Rome.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
  • And another of Trump’s alarming executive order declares that only two sexes—male and female—will be recognized by the federal government, causing a bishop in a pulpit to literally ask Trump to have mercy.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Faced with an opportunity to make the same sort of stand, Cassidy folded.
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Where the two stand for season 3 — and what a potential Penn presidency means for Kate and Hal — remains unclear.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • But after about 45 minutes of talks on the floor and in the GOP cloakroom, Norman and Self appeared before the rostrum and, standing by Johnson, changed their votes.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • During the inauguration ceremony, tech billionaires—including Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Apple CEO Tim Cook—sat directly behind Trump’s family on the dais.
    Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • As he was sworn in, CEOs of Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, OpenAI and TikTok, as well as top benefactor Elon Musk, were right behind him on the dais, in more privileged seats than Trump’s cabinet nominees.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Trump may have proved to be a uniquely popular tribune for this constituency.
    Arthur C. Brooks, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
  • My question to you on this front is, Donald Trump seems like an unlikely tribune for populism, given his wealth, given his flouting of various kinds of conventions for his own benefit, rather than that of the masses.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2016
Noun
  • Three other bedrooms are located upstairs; elsewhere are a home office and a game room with a balcony.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Extra:More details about JFK assassination keep emerging, even 61 years later MLK assassinated in Memphis, April 4, 1968 King, whose work furthering the Civil Rights Movement is honored with a federal holiday, was killed on the balcony outside his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee.
    Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Podium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/podium. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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