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lectern

[lek-tern] / ˈlɛk tərn /
NOUN
reading desk
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Standing at the lectern and wearing a black t-shirt and jacket, White looked like he might be more comfortable in the octagon -- the ring used for UFC fights.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

A member of the laity felt it necessary to remind the faithful from the lectern that they were in the house of the Lord.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Football coaches loathe looking backward, especially during the season, but before leaving the lectern, McVay made an exception in humorously referring to his team’s ultra-brief stay in Australia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Vance is due to appear behind the lectern on Thursday afternoon to deliver the first White House press briefing since the departure of Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

I checked everywhere: under the chairs, around the lectern I’d stood behind while delivering my eulogy, under the treat table, on the bulletin board packed with Sunday school kids’ drawings of God’s love.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

There were just two lecterns and two speakers at the news conference the leaders hosted, but two other parties hovered in the air.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025

The two leaders gave opening remarks from lecterns on opposite sides of the stage.

From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2023

Newsom said it’s clear that Californians are “a little exhausted” with watching politicians at lecterns talk about fixing the problem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2023

The set for this Cambridge University institution is minimal — two tables, two chairs, two tabletop lecterns.

From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2022

So great is the need That carpenters have been taken from the new church, Joiners have been called from shaping pews and lecterns To work of greater urgency.

From Men, Women and Ghosts by Amy Lowell


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