dais

Example Sentences

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When Mullin walked to the dais, he shook only one hand: O'Brien's.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Trump addressed the executives from a lectern on a makeshift dais a few feet away from them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

More than a dozen Metro and Los Angeles Police Department officers stood guard, positioning themselves between the public and the empty dais.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

The CFTC’s Acting Chair Caroline Pham followed Atkins to the dais, and proudly reeled off her successes at streamlining and updating her agency.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

Kaede climbed the steps to the dais and knelt before the Queen as she had knelt before the unicorn.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo