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lectern

[lek-tern] / ˈlɛk tərn /
NOUN
reading desk
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Football coaches loathe looking backward, especially during the season, but before leaving the lectern, McVay made an exception in humorously referring to his team’s ultra-brief stay in Australia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Asked about the lawsuit during questioning, Turner said, “We’re working on that right now,” then shifted to a brown lunch bag pulled from the lectern from which he extracted several items.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Attorney Jeanine Pirro stepped to a lectern last month and evinced no doubt that her office would prove that a former Olympic canoeist, David Hearn, had vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

And all three stood at the lectern in Downing Street within four years of each other.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

One of the newcomers shoved the lectern across the stage.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

The two leaders gave opening remarks from lecterns on opposite sides of the stage.

From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2023

The custom blue and wood-paneled lectern was bought using a state credit card in June for $19,029.25, significantly higher than prices listed online for other lecterns.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023

Those aren't ideas parties like to put on the front of leaflets, lecterns or Facebook ads.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2023

The set for this Cambridge University institution is minimal — two tables, two chairs, two tabletop lecterns.

From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2022

We do not know anything about the primitive fittings, but, having regard to the fact that the spaces between the windows are barely two feet wide, it is probable that they were lecterns.

From The Care of Books by John Willis Clark




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