Thesaurus results for PLATFORMS

platforms

noun

plural of platform

as in podiums

a level usually raised surface you'll have to stand up there on the platform for your speech

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a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information for years the publisher has used his newspaper as a platform for his extreme political conservatism

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Recent Examples of platforms For example, Muse lives across a new stand-alone app, website and other Meta platforms. — Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026 Many decisive moments now happen through retailers, platforms, payment providers, creators, service partners and AI agents. — Radoslav Nedelchev, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Lula will have to respond to demands for tougher measures against crime, as the right has made a hard-line approach one of its main political platforms. — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026 The ministerial meeting primarily addressed mass-market, peer-to-peer resale platforms and open classified sites handling massive volumes of uncurated, low-cost goods, de Coutard says. — Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026 If mass social platforms driven by advertising are what’s wrong with the internet, McKenzie argues, then a platform driven by subscriptions can save it. — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 The sorting machine In September 2025, Nepal banned 26 social media platforms. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026 On top of these heat-seeking missiles, the platforms play to humans’ (particularly teens’) need to be accepted and admired by peers. — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 That would be between 25 and 50 times more payload capacity than competing stratospheric platforms like high-flying drones, according to Helena, a US nonprofit organization with a for-profit investment arm that has invested in Sceye. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

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The California Interscholastic Federation, which oversees high school athletics, also revised its rules to ensure that transgender athletes in individual sports do not displace cisgender ones from rankings or medal podiums.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
The latest achievement for Adidas comes after the brand swept the men’s and women’s podiums in Berlin last month — the first time since 2017 that one brand was worn by all six top competitors.

— Katie Abel, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2026

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Japan’s network of independent arthouse venues, known locally as mini-theaters, is supported by experienced distributors of international cinema.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026
The New Braunfels, Texas, resident kept a frenetic touring schedule, headlining major Texas venues and mid-sized dance halls around the country, with occasional arena or amphitheater stops opening for Koe Wetzel thrown in.

— Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026

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At the time of writing, the new ship is still very much in the planning stages and has not had an official construction contract agreed.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Each piece is made using a cast-iron mold engraved with CNC technology, creating a subtractive geometry inspired by the rough-hewn stages of marble carving.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of stages

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Obialo has lived a peripatetic life, from growing up in Nigeria, being unhoused at one point, to moving to the suburbs and becoming hyperliterate in niche genres via internet forums.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
The measure also asked that campuses host forums before the end of 2027 to elicit student feedback on current time, place, and manner policies.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026

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The first and second floors feature large assembly halls with rows of pulpits on different levels, representing a hierarchy of the priesthood just emerging in early Mormon practice.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Politicians routinely invoke faith on the campaign trail, speak from pulpits and frame policy debates in moral terms.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 21 June 2026

Definition of pulpits

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Rooms Standard rooms are classic in look and feel with dark wood furniture and neutral fabrics, yet appointed with modern embellishments such as universal outlets and bedside light controls.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Kawasaki has also installed SOx scrubbers on the exhaust outlets of the main engine as well as the onboard power-generation system.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

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