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pulpit

[pool-pit, puhl-] / ˈpʊl pɪt, ˈpʌl- /
NOUN
structure from which sermon is given
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As a Christian minister of an American Baptist congregation, I’ve spent more than 20 years in a pulpit — long enough to know the difference between protecting a church and conscripting one.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

If Warsh goes quiet while his colleagues continue to give economic-outlook speeches, a kind of unilateral disarmament could take hold where the chair forfeits the bully pulpit.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

The state superintendent also typically takes advantage of the bully pulpit on education issues.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Jin’s path to the pulpit was forged in the aftermath of a different crackdown: Tiananmen Square.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

Anyway, I have long had a very definite tendency to tune out the moment I come anywhere near either a pulpit or a soapbox.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

Because many colonists were illiterate, the Declaration was commonly declaimed by local officials in town squares and preachers in pulpits.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

“Sometimes I communicate from pulpits, sometimes from bar stools, sometimes from public parks,” he says.

From Salon Feb. 22, 2026

Photographers climbing medieval pulpits to get better angles could cause a major distraction, she said.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2024

King was crisscrossing a segregated nation, preaching from the pulpits, issuing warnings about the nation’s very survival.

From Washington Post Apr. 25, 2023

Why, it’s them that, not content with printin’ lies on paper an’ preachin’ them out of pulpits, does want to be cuttin’ them on the tombstones.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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