platforms

plural of platform
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as in podia
a level usually raised surface you'll have to stand up there on the platform for your speech

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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 Fifty-three percent (53%) of Republican government managers and 48% of Democrats believe the federal government should be allowed to censor speech that is posted on social media platforms. Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024 By combining various technology solutions—from core banking to custodians, CRM systems to investment platforms and data analytics to compliance software—financial services firms can streamline workflows and ensure seamless data flow across the business. Babu Sivadasan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 Agents are fairly complex, but application platforms have a lot of the necessary pieces for agents embedded within them. Jason Andersen, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 Several online tools and software platforms including Intuit Quickbooks and BuildBook can be useful for providing estimates. Julia Mitchem, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024 This suggests that there's potential for further growth in hip-hop catalog sales as the genre continues to dominate streaming platforms and global music consumption. Kori Hale, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 There are countless user-friendly platforms to help with everything from setting up a website to automating marketing and managing finances. Melissa Houston, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 Just like how creator adoption dictates how and why social platforms are used and to what extent, creators hold a transformative power to influence the purchase journey and extend discovery touchpoints for brands. Kristen Dolan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 Application platforms like Salesforce are typically used for internal applications. Jason Andersen, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • While the committee deliberations are not made public, the number of Broadway venues participating in light dimmings is generally viewed as reflecting the honoree’s influence, career span and even how recent a Broadway career has been.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
  • After a bad injury, Simpson pivoted to a handful of different industries, from working in art galleries to building hospitality brands and venues.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • This time around, however, Perez has only four podiums to his name, the last of which came in China on April 21.
    Dan Cancian, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Foster led the series in wins (8), poles (7), podiums (12), laps led (362/640) and completed every lap of competition to beat Abel Motorsports’ Jacob Abel to the title by 122 points.
    Bruce Martin, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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  • The company’s social media post promoting the Palm Angels and Alpinestars x MoneyGram Haas team jacket drove an 833 percent increase in engagement compared to Palm Angles’ yearly engagement average.
    Kanika Talwar, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Prioritize Your Media Presence My advice to aspiring entrepreneurs is to prioritize building a media presence from day one.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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  • Parents of students at Markle Middle School told local outlets they were shocked to learn that the district had installed windows in bathrooms, pushing back against Gelazela’s claim that students’ privacy rights were not affected.
    Samantha Riedel, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Larry has covered baseball and other sports for every sports wire service along with other outlets over the past two decades.
    Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • This is now taking a reasonable amount of the agenda of those types of discussions and forums.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The original 1993 book inspired several treasure hunters over the years, who have documented their decades of searching in online forums and via news reports.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024

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“Platforms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platforms. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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