lectern

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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

Gustafson, originally 343rd on the list, asked to trade spots with another speaker as she approached the lectern.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2025

Olson returned to the lectern with a new brief and a broader argument.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

The hijinks continued when he stepped behind the lectern to speak and the teleprompter was not working.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

At the lectern during rehearsals he turned the pages of the missal, a book of music notes large enough for all the Brothers to see as they stood in the chantry.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli