keynote address

noun

variants or keynote speech
Definition of keynote addressnext
as in lecture

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Recent Examples of keynote address Altman delivered the keynote address for OpenAI’s annual conference for software developers on Tuesday in San Francisco. — Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 To this day a street corner at the site of that famous hotel is named for David Ben-Gurion who delivered the keynote address. — Herbert Block, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026 Law & Order alum Angie Harmon is set to deliver the keynote address at MIPCOM Cannes’ annual Women in Global Entertainment Power Lunch, co-hosted by A+E Networks in partnership with The Hollywood Reporter. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026 Vance did not run away from the issues during his keynote address at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention in Dallas on Thursday, but chose instead to recognize it. — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for keynote address
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  1. lecture
  2. tribute
  3. eulogy
  4. sermon
Noun
  • Martin Kulldorff critiques scientific gatekeepers at NIH lecture Should academic journals decide what science should be published?
    — Nicholas Florko, STAT, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The true meaning of death lies in bookmarks and raincoats, not in textbooks and lecture theatres.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of lecture
Noun
  • Derek Jeter, also part of the Fox studio team, paid brief tribute to Uecker after the video.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
  • For The Times) Onwuachi’s tribute to the origins of jerk chicken unfolds over five days.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of tribute
Noun
  • This isn’t a eulogy for free enterprise, which Americans strongly support.
    — Jason Thurlkill, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Not eulogies that end at the graveside, but lives that carry the work forward.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of eulogy
Noun
  • Hamilton once noted in a sermon that cattle ranching exacerbates climate change.
    — Emma Green, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The effect can be dull, in the way a sermon where the priest reads again from the dusty manuscript can be dull.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of sermon

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