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lecture

[lek-cher] / ˈlɛk tʃər /






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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

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

He was asked to give a scientific lecture on the rappings.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Members of the UCU union will not take part in lectures, seminars or tutorials until after 23 October.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 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

Russian ambassadors in Berlin, London, Paris, Brussels and other capitals have been summoned by their hosts for stern lectures.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

He braced himself for one of Lillian’s cold, puissant lectures to enfilade the dispirited citadel of his self-respect.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The people who get lectured about “energy sobriety” and told to endure, she likes to point out, are rarely the ones with cool offices and cool cars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 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

After she lectured them about their behavior, of course.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

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

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

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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