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lecture

[lek-cher] / ˈlɛk tʃər /






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To avoid offending her, he went to a lecture by Oswald Spengler, the author of “The Decline of the West,” published in two volumes in 1918 and 1922.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

If in doubt about stairs, older people should wait for a friend or family member, but it’s also easier to lecture people after the fact.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Next month, the lecture will host Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was imprisoned in Russia for 16 months before his release in a prisoner exchange in August 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

It attracts more than 2,000 delegates and retains some of the original features such as the MacTaggart lecture – named after the ground-breaking drama producer James MacTaggart who had died two years before.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Amy’s lecture put the matter in a new light, and for the first time it did look weak and selfish to lose heart at the first failure, and shut himself up in moody indifference.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Apocalyptic eschatology has long been an interest of Thiel’s, who has made the Antichrist a central topic of secretive lectures he’s given behind closed doors.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

He combined training in the morning with lectures in the afternoon.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Maria Eriksdotter has participated as a consultant in one-off meetings with BioArctic AB, Roche, Eli Lilly, Biogen/Eisai and Novo Nordisk, and has given lectures at symposia sponsored by Roche and BioArctic/Eisai.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

That soon led to Davis taking a job arranging lectures and seminars and, later, overseeing the organization’s public programming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

As I walked home carrying the heavy manuscript, I remembered attending one of Dr. Kerry’s lectures, which he had begun by writing, “Who writes history?” on the blackboard.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Instead of feeling like her concerns were being heard, “I got lectured about why I shouldn’t pick that fight or I should just let that go.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

“In case anyone is like, ‘I don’t want to be lectured at,’ or I don’t want to do all this work, it feels like you’re just having fun with friends,” Lim says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

Badenoch was born in London but spent much of her childhood in Nigeria, as well as the United States, where her mother lectured.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

She was also officer of several technical societies and lectured on technical analysis around the world.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 17, 2025

In class as he lectured on poetry or the arts, he smoked long, thin cigarettes that he pulled individually from a silver case in his coat pocket.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Mr. Turturro brings a savory humor and pathos to the scene, while Mr. Giamatti’s preening lecturing has a contrasting comic officiousness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Like many advisers, DeLarme understands that lecturing about the risks of stock picking can fall flat.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

However, some social media users saw this as exactly the kind of colonial lecturing he said that France had moved away from, while others argued he was within his rights.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

It’s a biography of our national ego, with Marty brashly lecturing the British head of the International Table Tennis Association that a champion from the United States would boost the sport’s global reputation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

They were lecturing us on “the proper attitude” and the responsibility of our parents.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals


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