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lecturer

noun

Definition of lecturer

as in speaker

a person who makes usually formal public speeches this evening's lecturer has an uncanny ability to make highly abstruse material understandable to lay audiences

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Recent Examples of lecturer Chris McGowan, a lecturer of humanities at Yale, said developing critical thinking skills is essential. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026 Kokho Jason Sit, a marketing lecturer, wrote in The Conversation that the positive emotions aren’t really about the item itself. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026 The California Faculty Association, which represents nearly 30,000 professors, lecturers, counselors and librarians at the CSU, also opposed the bills. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Efrat Tolkowsky, a Reichman University lecturer and former member of the Tel Aviv City Council representing Meretz, a left-wing party that for years ran on a pro-peace platform, exemplifies that shift. — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026 From Pakistan’s perspective, the agreement offers both military and political advantages, Raza Rumi, distinguished lecturer at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at CUNY, told Fox News Digital. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Blücher, who eventually became a popular philosophy lecturer at Bard College, got a job shovelling chemicals in a New Jersey factory. — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Michael Palladino, a lecturer in fashion at City University of New York Kingsborough, argued that companies need to modernize outdated ideas about what professional dress should look like. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 Gayil Talshir, political science lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, said Smotrich’s position represents a calculated decision to avoid a firm stance against the exemption that would have forced him to quit the coalition. — Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026

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Other speakers at the event Monday, which was organized by community groups seeking to reopen the hospital, emphasized the need for care to be restored.

— Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
The Sonos Arc Ultra is not a traditional speaker, but rather a sound bar packed with tons of premium features.

— BestReviews, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of speaker

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Being a competent, eloquent orator does not mean that you’re trusted.

— Jamil Wyne, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
This meant moving outside of the traditional tableau of White House photojournalism—an orator on a pedestal—to show members of the press in postures of alertness or repose.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026

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