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lecture

[lek-cher] / ˈlɛk tʃər /






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This space has been traversed for nearly four months by Jared Kushner, whom I first met about 18 months ago, when he introduced himself after a foreign policy lecture I had given.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

What’s tiresome is that in learning about them we have to sit through a one-sided lecture of the usual dreary sort.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

As they grapple with their finances, they know that every filled seat in a lecture hall comes with tuition fee funding.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

“Do it in the right way – it’s not a science lecture on global warming, it’s a story about how clean energy can reduce your bills.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

The man in charge of the school for sabotage, Walter Kappe, was giving a lecture to his handpicked students.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

The idea of meeting lots of new people for the first time since starting secondary school was nerve-racking he says, but Isaak made friends by talking to people he met at lectures and seminars.

From BBC Aug. 15, 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

She had married Günther Stern, a fellow student of philosophy, in 1929; as their relationship was ending in 1936, she met Blücher at one of her Paris lectures on antisemitism.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

And I talked about the conditions that I had seen in that lab during my lectures all around America.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

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

I can still hear the preacher’s twang as he lectured us.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

Instead, he keeps lecturing young people to curtail their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 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 wasn’t just coaches lecturing, but also players speaking up.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 27, 2025

The teacher had the students complete some Punnett squares and then began lecturing again in a straightforward, no-nonsense style.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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