How to Use teleprompter in a Sentence

teleprompter

noun
  • It can also be used as a teleprompter.
    — Larry Magid, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
  • There was some riffing that was not on the teleprompter there.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The teleprompter wasn't working.
    — Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Huang doesn’t need a teleprompter because his mind is the teleprompter.
    — Carmine Gallo, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Oh, and by the way, this year the teleprompter did indeed go out.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Springsteen asked for the song’s lyrics to be pulled up on a teleprompter.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2025
  • But neither of those men will be behind the teleprompter this week.
    — Erin Mershon, STAT, 7 May 2018
  • Alex’s teleprompter shows his English script rolling through its screen.
    — Jingnan Peng, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2020
  • No teleprompter, none of the energy that comes from being in the room.
    — Karl Rove, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022
  • And not knowing French and not being able to have a teleprompter was hard.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2021
  • The joke wasn’t on the teleprompter, and what Will did was not OK.
    — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Burton brought him by eight years ago for a visit and gave him a chance to read off the teleprompter.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The actress was the only speaker at the event who didn't use a teleprompter.
    — Ralphie Aversa, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
  • But as the speech went on, the talk of unity seemed to me to vanish into the teleprompter.
    — Matt Bai, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • Even then, Beamer strove to report the news, not just read it off the teleprompter.
    — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The president also groaned about a bad teleprompter.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Trump then clearly went into teleprompter-reading mode.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • He is limited to reading off a teleprompter and doing six hours of work per day.
    — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2024
  • Nightly News’ without a teleprompter and just notes off an iPad.
    — Sarah Ellison, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
  • There is no producer to speak of, and certainly not a teleprompter.
    — Shirley Halperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Beaming presenters read their lines off teleprompters.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Take a sip if a presenter fumbles while reading the teleprompter.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2020
  • Rachel Maddow is teaching her to use a teleprompter, so far with mixed results.
    — Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
  • And when the anchor reads the teleprompter unmasked, everyone else has to clear out.
    — Nanette Asimov, SFChronicle.com, 9 Oct. 2020
  • But Biden worked off a teleprompter and refused to take reporters’ questions.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
  • While shooting, Nichols needed a teleprompter to recite her lines.
    — al, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The truth is, Newsom hates reading speeches off teleprompters.
    — George Skelton, The Mercury News, 29 June 2024
  • Reading 10-15 minutes from a teleprompter once or twice a week does not cut it.
    — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Hollywood stars would do well to worry less about bungling the teleprompter and more about being true to their heart.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The candidate wore an American flag pin and read from a teleprompter.
    — Author: Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, Matt Viser, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2020

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