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teleprompter
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Teleprompter (11 April 1980 – October 2003) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the fifth running of the Arlington Million in 1985, a victory which helped to change the rules of racing in Europe. After being beaten in his only race ...
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n. a device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1951, originally a proprietary name in U.S., from tele- + prompter . The equivalent British proprietary name is Autocue .
Usage examples of teleprompter.
Over at Teleprompter they would get a printout too, so that by the time he reached the broadcast studio, one floor below, it would be ready for him to read from the prompter screen.
The papers which news readers were often seen to shuffle were a precaution, for use only if the Teleprompter failed.
Wolfe stepped forward to make the final speech, reading from a teleprompter with all the warmth and spontaneity of a particularly dense block of wood.
His teleprompter had broken down, and Stephanie was glaring meaningfully at Toby.
So he pulled his sister behind the teleprompter, made her crouch down, and stood protectively over her, determined that no one would get to her without having gone through him first.
When Firecracker was sure she was gone, he reached down into the recesses of his bedsheets and pulled out a crumpled roll of Teleprompter paper.
The room was moderate in size, furnished barely with a couple of armchairs, a coffee table, a television camera, a television set, a teleprompter and a silent coffee machine with paper cups.
Lawrence loved this moment, loved the notion that millions of people were watching, loved the fact that, unlike so many other people, he performed without notes or a teleprompter, in short, he loved his own glibness - what open field running was for Barry Sanders of the Lions, extemporaneous and clever speech was for the professor.
Like most anchormen, he was at his best when reading copy from a TelePrompTer.
Like most anchormen, he was at his best when reading copy from a teleprompter.