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town meeting

noun

Definition of town meeting

as in panel discussion

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Recent Examples of town meeting 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 Town meeting voters in Bellingham most recently rejected the NFG ordinance, while an NFG bylaw enacted by the Board of Health was recently rescinded by town meeting voters in Manchester-By-The-Sea. — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for town meeting

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Noun

The yearly convention includes panel discussions, movie and television showings, an exhibitor hall, outdoor activations, a masquerade ball and more.

— Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
Kicking off with opening night on July 28, the five-day festival will feature daily performances, free dance workshops and a panel discussion with the artistic leaders from each company.

— Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 30 June 2026

Definition of panel discussion

Noun

The statewide party may consider a range of options if Platner drops out, from a caucus to an internal election, a pop-up convention or more informal internal deliberations, according to political experts.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 8 July 2026
This time, the criticism of a would-be speaker is coming from the left flank of the caucus — progressives who want Jeffries to shift his positions.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of caucus

Noun

And at times members of the congregation thank her and others for casting aside those anxieties and keeping this place going.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
The Zion Church is among the largest churches that are unregistered with the Chinese authorities, defying restrictions from the officially atheist Communist Party requiring believers to worship only in registered congregations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026

Definition of congregation

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Depending on the circumstances, charges could include incitement to riot, vandalism, theft, assault, reckless driving, unlawful assembly, conspiracy and other offenses, police said.

— Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 9 July 2026
Over the next 18 months, the establishment of the factory is expected to generate 239 local jobs focused on assembly, logistics, and technical operations.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 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

Power connections, which are fewer in number and take up more surface area, are placed on the sides of the memory cube, University of Tokyo doctoral student Yuki Mitarai said at the symposium.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026
Accounts of Plato’s symposium have typically focused more on the philosophy of love part than the dinner party part, as if what matters is the content of the various speeches, and not their context.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

Definition of symposium

Noun

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
The answer, according to a colloquium of leading epidemiologists, microbiologists and climate scientists, is not well enough.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

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