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pulpit

noun as in structure from which sermon is given

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“She’s going to have a bully pulpit, and she can talk to moms about how to care for their kids, what kind of food to give them.”

The presidential bully pulpit can be a powerful force.

It can also lean on the bully pulpit, issuing public statements, or launch a defect investigation, which can take months to complete and possibly lead to a recall.

Thomas got behind the pulpit for the first time when he was 13.

On a Saturday evening in 1838, a young Illinois state legislator ascended the pulpit of his hometown Baptist church to deliver a lecture before the Springfield Young Men’s Lyceum.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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