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lectern

[lek-tern] / ˈlɛk tərn /
NOUN
reading desk
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It was July 2015, and Sherman, then a top Obama administration official at the State Department, had just stepped up to a lectern in a drab conference room.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

That’s why Powell’s final turn at the lectern Wednesday is “so momentous,” said Julia Coronado, a former top Fed staffer and president of MacroPolicy Perspectives.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

One of these, a sinuous swirl of foliage at the base of the cathedral’s great lectern, tells us what the Art Nouveau architects of a later generation were looking at.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

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

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2025

At a lectern between them stood the commissioner of education of the state of New York.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg




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