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Recent Examples of dais
Campaign filings Jennings has benefitted from his decade-long term on the dais, outraising his opponents.
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Commissioners did not discuss the item on the dais.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
Instead of being somewhere in Detroit, strategizing with the coaching staff about adjustments for the next game in a playoff series with the Pistons, Jeff Peterson spent a portion of Monday morning on a dais.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
There were roses at Chloé, daises at Celine, and cornflowers at Stella McCartney.
—Minty Mellon, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Commissioners did not discuss the item on the dais.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
Instead of being somewhere in Detroit, strategizing with the coaching staff about adjustments for the next game in a playoff series with the Pistons, Jeff Peterson spent a portion of Monday morning on a dais.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
There were roses at Chloé, daises at Celine, and cornflowers at Stella McCartney.
—Minty Mellon, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dais
podium
Noun
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Infantino was forced to return to the podium, while the two representatives stood apart.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Belichick and several of Brady’s former teammates — including Rob Gronkowski, Julian Edelman, Randy Moss and Bledsoe, whom Brady famously replaced as the Patriots’ starting quarterback in 2001 — all had their turns at the podium, as did his former on-field rival Peyton Manning.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Dais.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dais. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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