lecture
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It attracts more than 2,000 delegates and retains some of the original features such as the MacTaggart lecture – named after the ground-breaking drama producer James MacTaggart who had died two years before.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Asked about entrusting such a project to Riyadh despite criticism of its human rights record, his office said: "At no point, when we attract a project, do we seek to lecture others."
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
This is a remix of the lecture supposedly spoiled millennials, who refused to sacrifice every small pleasure on the altar of homeownership, heard for years about $7 lattes.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
It survives on aging observatories, international cooperation and a scientific community small enough to fit in a lecture hall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
In fact, it was the lecture by Mrs. Worthington that had prompted Penelope’s interest in ferns to begin with.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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Researching the asynchronicity the institution was promoting, I saw it involved pre-recorded lectures, no live meetings and homework submitted by email 24/7 — no personal interactions.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
"We all went to the same lectures and we had the same labs, the same tutorials," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
His lectures have taken him "to America, five times, to Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium," he said, reeling off the list with a touch of showmanship.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The retreat included daily lectures, approximately 33 hours of guided meditation, and group healing practices.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
He was there, at the request of the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile, to give a series of lectures on world democracy.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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Once, in anthropology class, my professor lectured on an insular island tribe that cackled whenever someone got hurt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
When Mr. Lai speaks of faith, you feel as if you’re being invited to partake in a noble mission, not lectured at, and Claire shares his gentle sincerity on the topic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Badenoch was born in London but spent much of her childhood in Nigeria, as well as the United States, where her mother lectured.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
She was also officer of several technical societies and lectured on technical analysis around the world.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 17, 2025
“Rain says there should be no limit on giving,” he lectured serenely.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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Instead, he keeps lecturing young people to curtail their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Like many advisers, DeLarme understands that lecturing about the risks of stock picking can fall flat.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
She said she will "play it by ear" when it comes to lecturing in the coming years.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
It’s a biography of our national ego, with Marty brashly lecturing the British head of the International Table Tennis Association that a champion from the United States would boost the sport’s global reputation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
“This pistol,” Colonel Meecham said authoritatively as if he were lecturing recruits, “is to be used only in case of emergencies.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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