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dais

noun

ˈdā-əs

Definition of dais

as in podium

a level usually raised surface the speaker took his place at the front of the dais

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Recent Examples of dais A little less than half an hour in, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman looked down at his mobile phone, and then stood up and walked away from the dais where he had been seated behind a table along with other NASA officials. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 30 Aug. 2026 So on the first day of a new homestand, Hinch had to sit at a dais and talk about the messy bigger picture. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Several Kissimmee police officers moved toward the front of the room to protect the dais. — Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 During protests following the 2018 police shooting and killing of Stephon Clark, his brother, Stevante Clark, jumped onto the dais near then-Mayor Darrell Steinberg's seat during a protest that took over a council meeting. — Steve Large, CBS News, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for dais

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podium

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The briefing room where press secretaries stand behind the podium and take questions from reporters is named after Brady.

— Chandelis Duster, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
But in an edited video put out by the White House that showed her march to the podium, set to pickup-truck-commercial music, Zacharia appeared visibly fearful.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026

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