Definitions
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- noun   Any of several devices that 
display words for a person toread aloud 
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a device that displays words for people to read
 
Etymologies
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Examples
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He's very clearly reading it off his autocue, which is forgivable, but he isn't putting a lot of life into it. 32 nanometre technology!
CES 2012: Intel keynote from Otellini brings Atom to smartphones 2012
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Schlafly was working at 20th Century Fox film studios in 1950 when he developed the teleprompter, which is also known as the autocue.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Miliband is never on TV, and when he is, he's badly lit, and/or reading from an autocue in a completely inappropriate occasion.
Labour and the deficit: Stumbling towards a strategy | Editorial 2011
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Unfortunately for Sidney, the autocue is either stuck or he genuinely speaks at one word a minute, which rather ruins the gravitas of the moment10.01pm: Joshua – I think he's just bad at reading the prompter.
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The original video was bad enough for Gordon's dependency on the autocue.
Labour's sums don't add up Not a sheep 2009
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This is just a slip of the tongue when reading from the autocue, and in fact the "grin" he suppresses is very faint indeed.
Jeremy Paxman follows Naughtie example with on-air 'cuts' blunder 2011
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They could have given him an autocue for the main links to camera, so that at least was secure.
Live television is 'a high-wire act with no safety net' 2011
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Otellini is looking to the autocue to see when he's next going to speak, rather than at Aubrey.
CES 2012: Intel keynote from Otellini brings Atom to smartphones 2012
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There's no autocue, the studio lights are off, and none of the guests has arrived yet.
Live television is 'a high-wire act with no safety net' 2011
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It was like the Pussycat Dolls' lyricist had been set loose on the autocue.
 
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