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as in podium
a level usually raised surface you'll have to stand up there on the platform for your speech

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as in forum
a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information for years the publisher has used his newspaper as a platform for his extreme political conservatism

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Recent Examples of platform Weeks ago the company hinted that Meghan was set to release a second season of Archetypes on their platform. Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2025 The platform argues that a corrupt alliance of drug and food companies and the federal health agencies that regulate them are making Americans less healthy. Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025 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 See all Example Sentences for platform 
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Noun
  • 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
  • In all, six American Nordic skiers landed on the podium during the 2023-24 season, including Ogden, Schumacher and Diggins, who won the crystal globe for the overall title for a second time in the past four seasons.
    Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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  • The forum is dominated by anonymous posts about would-be applicants complaining about waiting months to hear back from background investigators.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Traffic boomed, but cultural fracturing worsened as MAGA created its own information ecosystem via independent outlets and forums like Facebook.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • Both the main stand they will be perched in and the ‘Tech End’ stand to their right have barely changed since that October 1, 1994, meeting.
    Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The Republican National Committee told the justices to let the lower ruling stand, which found the dating requirement does not violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because its materiality provision applies only to registration forms, not actual ballots.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • That venue has not been turned into n evacuation center as many other similar facilities have, so far.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Guitarist Sophie Lloyd, who plays with Machine Gun Kelly, rehearses onstage for an upcoming performance as people rotate in and out of the venue with their donations.
    Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2025
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  • Photos in front of the pulpit captured West’s her childhood and youthful beauty as well as the elegant matron who would come to be called Mother Rose by both her family and many students at her alma mater, Sacramento High School.
    Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The official record notes only that in February 1734, the town voted in the affirmative to call Robert Breck to the pulpit and, the following month, to form a committee to hire a new pastor.
    Gary Greenberg, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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  • Millions of Americans — especially young people — have turned from traditional television outlets and newspapers to consume their news from podcasts, blogs, social media and other independent outlets.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Leavitt began the press briefing by mentioning the rising impact of podcasters and nontraditional media outlets during the 2024 campaign season.
    Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Jan. 2025
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  • 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
  • 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

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“Platform.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platform. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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