pulpit
noun
pul·pit
ˈpu̇l-ˌpit 
ˈpəl-,
-pət
1
: an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service
2
a
: the preaching profession
b
: a preaching position
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This was their mass, and Jalen Brunson led it from his hardwood pulpit.
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Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 22 May 2025
That year, the American political apparatus stepped to the pulpit to denigrate the activists: Tom Cotton, Mike Johnson, Joe Biden, Eric Adams.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Meanwhile, the annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor has taken on new significance as a sort of dissenter’s pulpit.
—John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Noah used his press pulpit to demand equality for Jews, even proposing himself as a presidential candidate.
—Adam L. Rovner, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2025
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Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 22 May 2025
That year, the American political apparatus stepped to the pulpit to denigrate the activists: Tom Cotton, Mike Johnson, Joe Biden, Eric Adams.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Meanwhile, the annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor has taken on new significance as a sort of dissenter’s pulpit.
—John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Noah used his press pulpit to demand equality for Jews, even proposing himself as a presidential candidate.
—Adam L. Rovner, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2025
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pulpit
noun
pul·pit
ˈpu̇l-ˌpit
also ˈpəl-,
-pət
1
: a raised platform or high desk used in preaching or leading a worship service
2
: the preaching profession
3
: a job as a preacher
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