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What were the large working-class audiences at 17th-century theaters called?

audience

[aw-dee-uhns] / ˈɔ di əns /




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The lack of reaction threw the audience inside Arthur Ashe Stadium.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

But laughter came from the audience when Spence pulled off two costume changes.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

What we have here might be an example of the Tinkerbell effect, named for the “Peter Pan” character who could be resurrected from death by audience participation, i.e. belief in fairies.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

But the closer he got to becoming the first deaf major leaguer in nearly half a century, the more he realized he was actually playing for a far bigger audience.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

“All right, all you bodacious babies, terrific toddlers, glorious grade schoolers, magnificent middle schoolers, and tremendous teens, let me hear you!” the emcee said, and the audience roared.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

The Journal’s Washington Coverage Chief Damian Paletta and political reporters Sabrina Rodriguez and Josh Dawsey will tell us how they’re bringing audiences inside the places and conversations illuminating American living rooms and assembly halls.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

New features for TV audiences attempted to enhance the viewer experience, with athlete headshots, win probabilities and projected finishing positions flashing up on screen.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Since the medium’s earliest days, Madison Avenue assumed that in households well-off enough to afford television sets, daytime audiences were mostly women who influenced household spending.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

Anthropic said the operation ran roughly 300 fake social media accounts, though it could not determine whether the testimonies or dossiers reached their intended audiences or influenced policy decisions.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

The white people in meeting audiences would throng around me, asking me, after I had addressed them somewhere, “What can a sincere white person do?”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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