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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 But at the April municipal election, both Fears’ and McCandless’ seats were up for grabs -- and Independence voters chose to remove both from the dais. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for dais

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podium

Noun

Infantino accepts the support Infantino took the podium following Sheikh Salman and kept it light.

— Stephen Wade, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
In a career that stretched from the mid-1980s to the early 2010s, Brundle won the 1988 World Sportscar Championship, the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1990, and finished on the podium nine times in Formula 1.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026

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