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Recent Examples of pulpit
From courthouses to study halls and pulpits to Senate floors, Black leaders have changed the world’s vision about what access to justice looks like in real time.
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Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
He has been suspended from his post more than once for such actions as adopting children and inveighing against Hillary Clinton from his pulpit during the 2008 election.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
Use my convening power, use my platform as mayor, and then use my pulpit to convene everyone in the city who will touch economic development.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Their majority was led by new Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Georgia, who dramatically accelerated the trend of shifting that office from a relatively nonpartisan to highly partisan pulpit.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
He has been suspended from his post more than once for such actions as adopting children and inveighing against Hillary Clinton from his pulpit during the 2008 election.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
Use my convening power, use my platform as mayor, and then use my pulpit to convene everyone in the city who will touch economic development.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Their majority was led by new Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Georgia, who dramatically accelerated the trend of shifting that office from a relatively nonpartisan to highly partisan pulpit.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulpit
Noun
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Politics happened in the compounds of the council’s most powerful constituencies, and religious practices were more personal, with altars and incense burners inside people’s homes.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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There have been some changes, including a modern bronze main altar, baptismal font and lectern.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Mixed Senior Open Doubles: Top seeds Julie Johnson & Steve Deakin returned to the podium together and gave both players the double senior gold for the weekend.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Falcon boys swimmers had multiple podium finishes, including sophomores Aidan Copeland and Hamilton Gates who tied for the 100-yard freestyle title with a time of 45.72.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2025
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“Pulpit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulpit. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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