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lectern

[lek-tern] / ˈlɛk tərn /
NOUN
reading desk
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In an emotional resignation speech, delivered at a lectern outside his Downing Street front door, he said his party had asked "whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election".

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

So when Torres took the lectern in Garden Grove, he wasn’t just there as an elected official.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

That elicited plenty of interjections from the degree-holders below his lectern, to whom Borchetta responded, “Deal with it.”

From Slate • May 20, 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

Isaac stood behind a little wooden lectern, clinging to it.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green




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