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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

By now, both men have teams of prestigious lawyers who will represent them at the Supreme Court lectern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Vance is due to appear behind the lectern on Thursday afternoon to deliver the first White House press briefing since the departure of Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

But perhaps conscious that "lectern moments" have become a symbol of the UK's political instability in recent years, Burnham broke with recent tradition and made the address without notes or a podium.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

A man is standing at a lectern in front of a huge audience.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Charred furniture, lecterns and smoky curls of carpet are piled around the entrance - its guts emptied, and debris cleared, in time for Friday prayers.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025

Vance and Walz cordially acknowledged one another before taking up their places behind their respective lecterns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2024

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

From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2023

The boxy dark blue and dark paneled lecterns — there are many — are a symbol of the modern presidency.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

These lecterns are of oak, 6 feet 7 inches long, and 7 feet high, measured to the top of the ornamental finial.

From The Care of Books by John Willis Clark


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