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Recent Examples of platform
But Netflix is increasingly one of the only major streamers to lean on the binge model, with other streamers each honing their own approaches over time in the post-COVID boom when so many platforms launched at once in a race to catch Netflix.
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 16 May 2025
But in the post-pandemic reassessment of streaming, when revenue per user became Wall Street’s preferred metric for assessing success in the sector (rather than sub growth at any cost), U.S. studios and platforms began speaking much less frequently about their original content ambitions in Africa.
—Kevin Cassidy, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
This year, Just for Laughs is partnering with Rob McElhenney and his More Better Productions on an initiative geared to writers, Will Arnett and his Electric Avenue banner on a shorts and pilots platform, and YouTube sketch-comedy stars Smosh on a program for social media creators.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 May 2025
Heiss’s bed would be a platform floating in a room, with no clutter around it; the only other objects would be a curved lamp and a cabinet to hold Heiss’s linen shirts and trousers.
—Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 16 May 2025
But in the post-pandemic reassessment of streaming, when revenue per user became Wall Street’s preferred metric for assessing success in the sector (rather than sub growth at any cost), U.S. studios and platforms began speaking much less frequently about their original content ambitions in Africa.
—Kevin Cassidy, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
This year, Just for Laughs is partnering with Rob McElhenney and his More Better Productions on an initiative geared to writers, Will Arnett and his Electric Avenue banner on a shorts and pilots platform, and YouTube sketch-comedy stars Smosh on a program for social media creators.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 May 2025
Heiss’s bed would be a platform floating in a room, with no clutter around it; the only other objects would be a curved lamp and a cabinet to hold Heiss’s linen shirts and trousers.
—Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for platform
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Mixed Senior Open Doubles: Top seeds Julie Johnson & Steve Deakin returned to the podium together and gave both players the double senior gold for the weekend.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Falcon boys swimmers had multiple podium finishes, including sophomores Aidan Copeland and Hamilton Gates who tied for the 100-yard freestyle title with a time of 45.72.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2025
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In 2018, the forum’s Working Party on Braking and Running Gear morphed into the Groupe de Rapporteurs pour les Véhicules Autonomes (GRVA), a sub-committee in charge of AV rules.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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The woman shared on the U.K. community forum Mumsnet that a ping on her husband’s phone woke them up — and the messenger was his colleague.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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There’s a definite purity-politics flavor to any suggestion that people should take a moral stand and leave a social network, but also a pretty airtight case to be made for boycotting it.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) recently took a public stand on government actions affecting research funding and healthcare access.—
Lynn Godfrey,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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The River Electric, a chic camp resort, swim club, and event venue, opens May 23rd, offering a contemporary take on classic outdoor adventures.—
Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
20 May 2025
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The scene, staged at Carnegie Hall, a venue built by one of America’s great 19th century philanthropists, paid tribute to a long tradition of American giving, while pointing to new ways of thinking that are shaping the 21st century.—
Sam Jacobs,
Time,
20 May 2025
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This was their mass, and Jalen Brunson led it from his hardwood pulpit.—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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That year, the American political apparatus stepped to the pulpit to denigrate the activists: Tom Cotton, Mike Johnson, Joe Biden, Eric Adams.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
17 May 2025
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Rima served as the Best Bets editor at New York Magazine for seven years, and writes primarily about lifestyle pursuits (design, art, culture and travel) for top international outlets including The New York Times, Elle and Elle Décor, Galerie, HTSI and the The Wall Street Journal, amongst others.—
Rima Suqi,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Jennings then shared the agreement with other media outlets, and the department released a statement on his retirement.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
28 May 2025
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The ‘Turkey Brothers’ steal the encore with a boisterous jam As fans begged for an encore to an empty stage, an unlikely guest took center stage.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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But due to noise from the venue next door, which was playing loud music amid a competing bar, Bruni bailed even after the musicians were assembled on stage.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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“Platform.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platform. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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