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lectern

[lek-tern] / ˈlɛk tərn /
NOUN
reading desk
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By 2024, Harvard economics professor Greg Mankiw said that Powell’s caution at the lectern made the press conferences a waste of time.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 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 prime minister will take to the Downing Street lectern this morning, after another extraordinary weekend of diplomatic turmoil prompted by US President Donald Trump.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

Gustafson, originally 343rd on the list, asked to trade spots with another speaker as she approached the lectern.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2025

Professor Fuchs walked around from behind her lectern.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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