platforms

noun

plural of platform
1
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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2
as in venues
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 Traditional brokerages are now absorbing crypto as another asset class, integrating it into their platforms and driving down fees. — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026 The league has previously given players access to safety platforms for online protection. — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026 Menin added in her letters to the platforms that the council is investigating whether such advertising strategies are used by other prediction market companies. — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026 Price caps overall, though, have received significant pushback from ticket brokers and resale platforms like StubHub, SeatGeek and Vivid Seats. — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026 On Monday, Nvidia announced partnerships with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR to create financing platforms intended to mobilize more than $500 billion for AI infrastructure. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026 At least that’s what many educational AI platforms are touting. — Beth Collums, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026 The company expects partners to embed the technology into existing and future autonomous platforms. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026 For now, Utah residents can still place bets on the platforms. — ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for platforms
  1. podiums
  2. venues
  3. stages
  4. forums
  5. pulpits
  6. outlets
Noun
  • Since her 2008 opening season, Gut-Behrami reached 101 podiums in 395 World Cup races.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The tournament drew mostly from Europe, with some familiar names taking podiums.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of podiums
Noun
  • So, perhaps there should be little surprise over the next three venues on the list.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • What Lindell doesn’t care for much while performing live in concerts at venues around the world is the uncertain forecast of possible fog and haze on stage.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of venues
Noun
  • Without any specific consumer requests, Crowell said the brand experimented with the shadow’s function and formulation in the early stages of development.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In 2016, after another trip to the emergency room, testing revealed that Kaverman, then 27, was in the early stages of heart failure.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of stages
Noun
  • And many—in comments sections and gossip forums and group chats and Substack blogs, conversations with their waxer and at happy hour—are trying.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
  • On some looksmaxxing forums, men coach each other on how to administer filler on themselves, with materials obtained on the black or gray market.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of forums
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The wardrobes, however spacious, were creaky; none of the typical five-star tech touches are present—no Nespresso machine, no Dyson hair dryer, no in-wall USB outlets, though there is a charging dock.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Citing national security interests, the authorities have used increasingly stringent wartime censorship laws to crack down on those opposed to the conflict, prompting many activists and independent media outlets to leave the country.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of outlets

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