teleprompter
noun
tele·prompt·er
ˈte-lə-ˌpräm(p)-tər 
: a device for displaying prepared text to a speaker or performer
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Gaffes like falling up the stairs of Air Force One and reading teleprompter instructions aloud became conservative fodder that escalated as the years progressed.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
You are given a teleprompter, and your 45 seconds are pretty much scripted out.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2025
After the debate with Trump, Biden needed fluorescent tape to guide him through a fundraiser at New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s (D) house and needed a teleprompter to speak to just a small group of people.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
In August 2023, Nicholson was recording promos when producers slipped a new script that Nagel had written and put on the teleprompter.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
You are given a teleprompter, and your 45 seconds are pretty much scripted out.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2025
After the debate with Trump, Biden needed fluorescent tape to guide him through a fundraiser at New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s (D) house and needed a teleprompter to speak to just a small group of people.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
In August 2023, Nicholson was recording promos when producers slipped a new script that Nagel had written and put on the teleprompter.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for teleprompter
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“Teleprompter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teleprompter. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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