dais

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When Mullin walked to the dais, he shook only one hand: O'Brien's.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

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

The CFTC’s Acting Chair Caroline Pham followed Atkins to the dais, and proudly reeled off her successes at streamlining and updating her agency.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

“But they weren’t on the dais of the inauguration.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2025

My Teluman blades are long gone, abandoned on the dais of the amphitheater yesterday.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir