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 Stocks surged to their highs of the day while Powell spoke at the podium. Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025 The British driver was able to fend off the challenging conditions and the threat of four-time reigning champion Max Verstappen to top the podium and kickstart his season with the maximum 25 points. Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 16 Mar. 2025 While Verstappen still nabbed the Drivers’ Championship, McLaren won the Constructor’s, but an enormous seven different drivers stood top of the podium across the year. Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025 His performance helped carry the Cadets to the team championship with a score of 273 points, marking a return to the podium at the University of Minnesota’s Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center for the first time since STA won the last of five straight team titles in 2016. Frank Rajkowski, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for podium
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Noun
  • His insights have been featured in numerous business articles on platforms like MSN Small Business, Small Business Currents, BusinessDay, Businessing Magazine, Business Africa Online, and more.
    AllBusiness, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • News National News Texas lawmaker’s bill would add warning labels to social media platforms Nearly two-thirds of teens use social media daily according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
    KEYE Staff, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The four-day event will feature more than 170 artists performing across eight stages.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The four-day Lollapalooza music festival will be July 31 to Aug. 3 in Grant Park, with more than 170 bands on eight stages.
    Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Speaking at the pulpit of the city’s historic Tabernacle Baptist Church, the site of the first mass meeting of the voting rights movement, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said what happened in Selma changed the nation.
    Kim Chandler and Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
  • At the forum, citizens could shop, socialize and catch up on political news from the city’s leaders, who delivered speeches and edicts on the basilica’s pulpit.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The screen has been installed in the middle of that stand, as the video below shows.
    Laia Cervelló Herrero, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The special stand was named after Princess Anne and inspired by her Princess Royal title.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Standing in the rostrum of the House of Representatives, a gavel in her hand and a look of imperturbable stoicism on her face, Ms. Harris officiated as the two houses of Congress met in joint session to formally count the Electoral College votes for president.
    Peter Baker, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • This year, four-time Indy 500–winner Hélio Castroneves was the driver on the dais.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2025
  • And there was attention paid during the speeches both to the improbable fact that an offshoot of the group, Dead & Company, is still out there playing, 60 years after the original group’s formation, even as Weir acknowledged absences at the dais.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Trump and comparable tribunes of national greatness are now setting the global agenda.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Trump may have proved to be a uniquely popular tribune for this constituency.
    Arthur C. Brooks, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
Noun
  • Each one has a balcony with a view of the mountains or the lake and the slender spire of its pretty Germanic church.
    Ann Abel, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Photo : Gabriel Zimmer/Catskill Image A covered balcony sits between the great room and the primary bedroom.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2025

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“Podium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/podium. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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