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dais

[day-is, dahy-, days] / ˈdeɪ ɪs, ˈdaɪ-, deɪs /


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For security reasons, Justice Thomas accessed the dais through a service hallway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

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

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

The party would have been better off in the end if he had just fallen asleep on the dais.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 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

The Augur who restrained Laia lifts the girl’s body with difficulty and staggers off the dais.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

It's a pretty neat trick for a plant, but also pretty baffling to botanists, who have been intrigued by beetle daises for centuries.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2023

Both routinely generate viral internet moments from their seats on committee daises by tearing into prominent technology and banking executives.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2021

This time, senators were spread out on two sets of daises.

From Fox News ● May 5, 2020

After the first break, most of the senators who had already asked questions elected not to return, and the entire bottom row of daises was entirely empty for much of the remaining time.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2018

He would stride the daises and the stages with his voice strong and clear, unafraid to speak the language like a Puritan and like a Chinaman and like every boat person in between.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee


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