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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 Enterprises should look for feedback and reviews on buyer intelligence platforms like G2 and TrustRadius before finalizing their purchase decisions. Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 Today, leaders must not view AI solely as a tool for efficiency but as a platform for creating shared value. Izabela Lundberg, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 Episodes can be accessed via all major platforms, including Apple Podcast, iHeartRadio, Spotify and YouTube. Jeff Spry, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2025 Users are reporting that X is down, but people may have an easier time accessing the social media platform owned by Elon Musk on a computer. Julia Gomez, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for platform
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Noun
  • About 20 feet from the podium, the two women waited through hours of musical performances and speeches by prominent progressive officials, including Los Angeles City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez and Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) and Maxwell Frost (D-Florida), the first Gen Z member of Congress.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The race then ends with one and a half laps of the historic Roubaix velodrome, on the Belgian border, before the winner is presented with a commemorative cobble of their own on the podium.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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  • The Democratic Party in Idaho called on the state’s federal leaders to change course from their ongoing absence and appear before voters in a public forum.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Each expressed their views at a League of Women Voters candidate forum in early March.
    Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
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  • This elevated laptop stand will be a welcome addition to your mother’s home office.
    Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
  • With Trump‘s first 100 days back in office, George Clooney has faced his share of criticism over his previous stand against Biden.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2025
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  • The venue, which has a concert capacity of around twenty thousand people, has become an unlikely home base for the band.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The vessel will also stop at the line’s private Bahamas island, Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, where passengers will find loungers overlooking aquamarine water; dining venues and bars; shore excursions like kayaking and jet skiing; and more.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
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  • Use my convening power, use my platform as mayor, and then use my pulpit to convene everyone in the city who will touch economic development.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Their majority was led by new Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Georgia, who dramatically accelerated the trend of shifting that office from a relatively nonpartisan to highly partisan pulpit.
    Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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  • The outlet reports that one other international student at the college had their visa revoked.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The news outlet also said that Assistant District Attorney Daniel Daugherty noted the hearing was held Monday (April 7).
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
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  • On a Thursday night in late February, friends and fans huddle around the small stage, while Badgley sits in the back holding their four year-old son, who is fast asleep.
    Kate Branch, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The stage is being set for the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance’s milestone 10th anniversary gala.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Platform.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platform. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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