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Recent Examples of podiums
While the other candidates pressed their palms against the podiums, ready to pounce on every question, Becerra clasped his hands like an altar boy.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
First World Cup podiums Diggins made her first podium in January 2012, midway through her first full season on the World Cup tour, a second-place finish in team sprint with Randall.
—Zack Pierce, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Aicher has gathered nine podiums this season across slalom, super-G and downhill, with three wins from the speed events.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
Ferreira has made 16 World Cup podiums and won seven X Games medals.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
But because the rankings present their findings with an eye toward winners and losers, students began to shift their preferences toward the schools on the podiums.
—Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026
No one, man or woman, has more World Cup victories or podiums.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
Silveira made three World Cup race podiums over the last two seasons and was fourth at the 2025 World Championships.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
Then 10 players were at podiums, and the rest of the players and coaching staff were sitting at tables.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
First World Cup podiums Diggins made her first podium in January 2012, midway through her first full season on the World Cup tour, a second-place finish in team sprint with Randall.
—Zack Pierce, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Aicher has gathered nine podiums this season across slalom, super-G and downhill, with three wins from the speed events.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
Ferreira has made 16 World Cup podiums and won seven X Games medals.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
But because the rankings present their findings with an eye toward winners and losers, students began to shift their preferences toward the schools on the podiums.
—Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026
No one, man or woman, has more World Cup victories or podiums.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
Silveira made three World Cup race podiums over the last two seasons and was fourth at the 2025 World Championships.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
Then 10 players were at podiums, and the rest of the players and coaching staff were sitting at tables.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for podiums
Noun
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Faith leaders must speak out from their pulpits.—
Fabienne Perlov,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The number of women in Christian pulpits stands in jarring juxtaposition with the Easter narratives in the New Testament.—
Mary Foskett,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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My husband has a large following on social media platforms due to his former career.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Significantly, both the ESPN and Roku deals preserve The CW’s right to sell ad time on those platforms.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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So, Friday is what mattered in the moment, for a short-handed team in the early stages of a potentially months-long postseason march.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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The draft proposal is still in its early stages.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There will be new concession stands, locker rooms, restrooms, press boxes, bleachers, turf and redone tracks.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2026
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After homering in his second plate appearance, Bleday got a round of applause from the fans in the left-field stands.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Williams documented the frantic drive and brisk walk back as other guests looked on from balconies in a video on her YouTube channel.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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The 17th-century home features spacious rooms with balconies facing the pool area.—
Regina Zumarraga,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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His high school gym was not the massive cathedrals built to serve the altars of Hoosier hysteria, but with 4,620 seats, the Greenfield Cougar Den is no slouch, either.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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Yet at roughly the same time, in England, the Protestant Reformation led to women storming churches and dumping blood on altars.—
Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Podiums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/podiums. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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