town hall
noun
1
: a public building used for town-government offices and meetings
2
: an event at which a public official or political candidate addresses an audience by answering questions posed by individual members
Town halls have lost some of their spontaneity. The 80 or so undecided voters chosen for Tuesday's event must submit their questions in advance and moderator Candy Crowley of CNN will decide which people to call on.—
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After three weeks of nonstop Instagram posts demanding the county stop using plant-killing chemicals in San Juan and Trabuco creeks, officials held a town hall in Dana Point on Monday.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Tom Steyer, a Democratic billionaire running in the crowded California governor’s race, pitched himself as a stalwart progressive in a Sacramento town hall on Thursday night.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
At LaCava’s town hall, several residents voiced concerns about which streets were not included in the plan.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
The Clueless actor remembered trying out to play Turk on the medical sitcom at a town hall event on Tuesday for SiriusXM’s Faction Talk alongside his costar Zach Braff and Lawrence.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026
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Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Tom Steyer, a Democratic billionaire running in the crowded California governor’s race, pitched himself as a stalwart progressive in a Sacramento town hall on Thursday night.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
At LaCava’s town hall, several residents voiced concerns about which streets were not included in the plan.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
The Clueless actor remembered trying out to play Turk on the medical sitcom at a town hall event on Tuesday for SiriusXM’s Faction Talk alongside his costar Zach Braff and Lawrence.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026
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“Town hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20hall. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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