audience
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"It's worth it for the banks, because they then have a captive audience, who are more likely to take other products from them."
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
She sought to inspire her audience to find “third spaces,” and explore some of her favorite locales: museums, bookstores, cafes, concerts and the like, and foster community in the process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
America’s most-loved fictional titans, Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne, have bottomless wealth to fund their vigilante adventures, making them especially mesmerizing to an audience raised on rags-to-riches fables.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told a Stanford University audience this year that noncollege paths had only become more viable since he dropped out in 2005.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
“She just wants to swoon over Wes Studi!” comes a shout from the audience.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
This innovation was greeted with awe, if not mystification, by audiences at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Focusing on beverages has allowed retailers to recapture audiences with an affordable luxury that’s cheaper than buying a full meal, is pretty enough to post, and brings in more consumers during off-peak hours.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Before this happened things were going great. The audiences were beautiful, so supportive and warm, then I woke up to the email informing me things had been stolen," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
“How do you surprise audiences with these projects?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Dr. Darwin would hold forth for hours at a time at the dinner table and in the parlor afterward with his children and any company as captive audiences.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
Vocabulary lists containing audience
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Common Senses: Aud ("Hear")
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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