Thesaurus results for TOWN MEETING

town meeting

noun

Definition of town meeting

as in panel discussion

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Recent Examples of town meeting According to Blahunka, almost 60 people attended the April 14 annual town meeting, based on the meeting’s sign-in sheet. — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026 Surely no one thought the entire population of 13 states could work like a town meeting. — Barbara Clark Smith, The Conversation, 4 May 2026 Longtime colleagues excoriated one another in internal town meetings. — Steven F. Wilson, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026 He’s also been involved in local issues, speaking at town meetings and backing community projects. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for town meeting

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Noun

At a panel discussion in June at the Huntington Theatre in Boston, Marnik explained that her own change of heart about vaccination occurred only after many talks with kind, attentive friends and professors over four years of college.

— Felice J. Freyer, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026
In addition to the installations and gallery presentations, ART KL will also host panel discussions and an auction, the results of which will go towards supporting The Lighthouse Children’s Welfare Home.

— News Desk, Artforum, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of panel discussion

Noun

Roger Niello The moderate Sacramento Republican wins a caucus vote to become State Senate minority leader.

— Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026
Unlike in the Senate, where Democratic votes can be necessary to overcome the 60-vote filibuster threshold, Jeffries commands a minority caucus in a chamber where Republicans can pass most legislation with a simple majority.

— Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of caucus

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Antioch Full Gospel Baptist Church members who are facing off in court over control of the College Station congregation will meet Monday to determine the process for picking who gets to preach.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2026
Church leaders said the Garcia Lugo family has been involved with the congregation for decades.

— ByToni Yates, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of congregation

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OneWeave suspends thousands of yarns around a central core and weaves them into seamless forms, combining fabric formation with portions of garment assembly.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026
Furniture assembly, mounting, moving and cleaning are among TaskRabbit’s biggest categories, but yard work and outdoor maintenance is one of its fastest-growing categories this year, up roughly 40% year over year, according to Ager.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of assembly

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The testimony of the gay men, contained in annexes published on the Vatican's synod website, featured moving accounts of how one, from Portugal, came to terms with his homosexuality and married his husband.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 May 2026
Leo, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost, spent two weeks sitting with Fuanya at the same table during Pope Francis’ 2024 big meeting, or synod, on the family.

— Nicole Winfield, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026

Definition of synod

Noun

Since then, the company has emerged as a key strategic firm in the country’s ambition to dominate future technology, with its founder Wang Xingxing seated in the front row at President Xi Jinping’s rare symposium with top tech businesses last year.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
The symposium was moved from a 400-seat auditorium at the National Gallery to a meeting room at Dumbarton Oaks that seats 80.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of symposium

Noun

The clinics have over five years helped support over 500 filmmaking teams to date, and some of the early interest in this edition of the seminar is already surpassing last year’s edition.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026
The Mary Kay seminar, which has called the Kay Bailey Hutchison Center home for years, is on tour while the convention center undergoes those remodels.

— Bo Evans, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of seminar

Noun

Like the inaugural colloquium in 2024, the event will conclude with a gala dinner accompanied by live music.

— Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
McGill’s superbly nuanced calls, runs, and trills elicited commentary from a second audience, perched in the trees above—a colloquium of finches, towhees, titmice, kingbirds, juncos, and Eurasian collared doves.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

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