How to Use dais in a Sentence
dais
noun
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Patrick sat at the helm of the Senate floor, in the dais.
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Olivia Osteen,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2023
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Williams is no stranger to the center seat on the dais.
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Jessica Boehm,
azcentral,
11 June 2018
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Then a man in a gray suit with a shock of white hair reached the dais.
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Gregory S. Schneider,
Washington Post,
10 Jan. 2024
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One screen will be placed high on the wall on either end of the dais.
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cleveland,
16 Dec. 2021
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The phrase and the Costa Mesa seal are above the dais in the council chamber.
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Daily Pilot,
14 Sep. 2019
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But at least Len Goodman is back on the judges' dais, and a Chmerkovskiy is in the house!
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Lynette Rice,
EW.com,
21 Sep. 2021
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The role of the faith groups was well represented on the dais.
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Clarence Williams,
Washington Post,
25 Aug. 2023
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Forbes said postgame, throwing her hands up at the dais.
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Luca Evans,
Orange County Register,
11 Mar. 2024
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Harris then moved to take her seat at the dais and will sit next to the speaker for the speech.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2023
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Here's who will be on the dais at some point Monday night.
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Chris Bumbaca,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2020
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Seated on the same dais, Mr. Pichai never spoke at the event.
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Rob Copeland,
WSJ,
19 Dec. 2020
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But others are less sure about who else would sit on the dais.
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Anchorage Daily News,
24 Oct. 2019
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On the dais, the councillors all wore masks, even Tom Ross.
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Atul Gawande,
The New Yorker,
8 Feb. 2021
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Too weak and out of breath to stand at the dais, Marsden sat in the front row of the audience.
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Max Blau,
ProPublica,
29 Jan. 2024
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Singer then took his seat on the dais and resumed a meeting.
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Marci Shatzman,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
7 May 2018
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After a 10-minute break, Luna was sworn in and took her place on the dais.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2023
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Williams was the youngest of the five Trojans on the dais but clearly the most comfortable.
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Dylan Hernández,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2022
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That didn’t stop the three North Side councilmen from leaving the dais for the vote.
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Molly Smith,
San Antonio Express-News,
16 Feb. 2023
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The trio had small orange candles on the dais in front of them on Tuesday.
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The Arizona Republic,
9 Jan. 2024
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The two Democrats had clashed on the dais of Alexandria’s city council chambers for the past three years.
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Patricia Sullivan,
Washington Post,
12 June 2018
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Newsom, Pelosi, Bass and Villaraigosa were among those who took seats on the dais.
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Laurel Rosenhall,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Sep. 2023
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One change at this week’s BIO will be visible from the dais.
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Robert Weisman,
BostonGlobe.com,
3 June 2023
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Some don’t sit on the dais with adult members, but at their own table.
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Lillian Reed,
baltimoresun.com,
29 Oct. 2021
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Kershaw smiled, rose from the dais and grabbed Blake in a protective hug.
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Mark Heim | [email protected],
al,
20 July 2022
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The chair may also remove their mask when speaking from the dais.
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Chandelis Duster,
CNN,
23 May 2021
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Heard went to his seat on the committee dais and gathered his things.
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oregonlive,
8 Feb. 2020
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Angeli posed for photos on the dais and called Pence a traitor, according to the video.
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Richard Ruelas,
The Arizona Republic,
2 Sep. 2021
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Parents and siblings were called to the dais as each student's name was called.
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Annysa Johnson,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
11 July 2018
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At the reception, one niece ran circles around the room, and then vomited on herself on the dais at the front of the room during the meal.
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Amy Dickinson,
Washington Post,
29 June 2024
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The king inspected the troops from a dais on the parade ground, saluting as elite regiments of Foot Guards marched past.
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Jill Lawless The Associated Press,
arkansasonline.com,
16 June 2024
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