lectern
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That’s why Powell’s final turn at the lectern Wednesday is “so momentous,” said Julia Coronado, a former top Fed staffer and president of MacroPolicy Perspectives.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026
Trump addressed the executives from a lectern on a makeshift dais a few feet away from them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
The prime minister will take to the Downing Street lectern this morning, after another extraordinary weekend of diplomatic turmoil prompted by US President Donald Trump.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
He appears mentally unstable and physically feeble, clinging to his lectern as if it were a walker.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025
In the midst of one prayer, smoke issued from the lectern and I thought we had gone too far but it turned out to be a short circuit.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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