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podium | American Dictionary

podium
noun[ C ]
us/ˈpoʊd·i·əm/
a small, low box or stage that someone stands on in order to be seen by a group of people, esp. to speak or conduct music:
The conductor mounted the podium.
A podium is also a lectern.

Examples of podium

podium
Yet they were widely circulated and hotly debated at professional conventions - albeit always in the corridors and coffee shops, never from the podium.
Further observations and reflections on our shared work on the podium also brought into stark contrast a number of other related issues.
As an emerging conductor in her late 20s and an experienced conductor in his early 50s, we made a rather unusual duo on the podium.
The layout of the names on the page corresponds to the places on the podium during the disputation.
I suppose it would allow us to engage with the 'bread and butter' of what we do on the podium.
Second, there was the respondent (respondens), who stood at the lower podium and responded to the arguments about the theses.
The effect is distinctly odd, and quite at variance with the towering personality that he always projected from the podium.
This daylight arrangement permitted the original architect to make only small slot-like openings in the external walls for viewing the valley and the estate podium.
Another possibility is that the leader sat or stood on a podium, though this would suggest he had his own desk.
There is a central 'path' with stairways -anking it on both sides in the centre of the podium.
Despite our different conducting personas on the podium, we still sought to express a shared vision for the ensemble.
This provides a new unifying element to the podium block.
Inside the chamber, the presiding officials are seated behind a massive bench which rests on an elevated podium.
She steps up to the podium and announces the next piece they will be playing.
Without a word, she walks towards the podium.
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