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lecture

[lek-cher] / ˈlɛk tʃər /






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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

Asked about entrusting such a project to Riyadh despite criticism of its human rights record, his office said: "At no point, when we attract a project, do we seek to lecture others."

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

This is a remix of the lecture supposedly spoiled millennials, who refused to sacrifice every small pleasure on the altar of homeownership, heard for years about $7 lattes.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2026

Other than the storybooks and other signs of K-12 clientele, the facilities wouldn’t be out of place at a nice university, and that includes the sloping lecture hall.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

For once she doesn’t lecture me about yelling at an adult.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

“Randy’s one of those people in academia who is very well educated but doesn’t have an ounce of superiority about him,” said John Irving, who frequently guest lectures in Boyagoda’s classroom.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

"We can better focus on the lessons and lectures; there are no more interruptions due to calls," said Yousufzai.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

The retreat included daily lectures, approximately 33 hours of guided meditation, and group healing practices.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

Nearly 10,000 people came together to pray, talk about their faith and listen to lectures about Islam at the event.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

He understands it all right though, and lectures Himmelstoss, making it plain to him that the front isn’t a parade-ground.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

“Their song has a very pro-European message,” said Vuletic, who has lectured widely on the contest.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 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

Lee said, “I lectured you yesterday, on war.”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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

Both the Pentagon and the Vatican denied a report, published in the Free Press last week, that the meeting was tense, with Colby lecturing the cardinal on U.S. military power.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

If the novel stayed in that lecturing, gloomy zone, it’d be easy to lose patience with it.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 20, 2026

Nurse was still lecturing his master’s new prizes.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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