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as in symposium
a meeting featuring a group discussion
a public forum called to find out how residents felt about a large discount store being built in their neighborhood
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as in tribunal
an assembly of persons for the administration of justice
a jury may have acquitted Lizzie Borden, but she was guilty of murder in the forum of public opinion
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Recent Examples of forum
The city named three finalists for the position in December and held a public forum to introduce them.
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Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2026
Amy, 28, who lives in the United Kingdom, had been pen pals with a girl named Hana from Egypt after the two connected through an online forum in the early 2000s.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
There are more than 60 other heads of state attending the forum.
—Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
However, online Ram forums and Reddit show that users still find their phones overheat, fail to charge, or require removing protective cases to work.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2026
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Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2026
Amy, 28, who lives in the United Kingdom, had been pen pals with a girl named Hana from Egypt after the two connected through an online forum in the early 2000s.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
There are more than 60 other heads of state attending the forum.
—Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
However, online Ram forums and Reddit show that users still find their phones overheat, fail to charge, or require removing protective cases to work.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forum
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The company shared interim data from its ongoing 30-patient Sola™ feasibility study at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2025, the world’s leading symposium in interventional cardiovascular medicine, organized by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
17 Jan. 2026
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An introduction by cast members and a post-screening symposium involving experts from a wide range of fields should make for quite a night.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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The platform acts as a firewall for the schools, Simpkins said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2026
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At his insistence, much of his music was removed from the platform for several months beginning in 2015 because of his concerns about audio quality.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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In 1899, an international arbitral tribunal awarded the territory to Britain, when Guyana was still under its colonial rule.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
12 Jan. 2026
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Several oil companies sought compensation through international tribunals and arbitrators.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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The event will feature multiple seminar options for attendees to pick from.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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But at VanWineFest, the seminars are where the real magic happens.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The extreme cold and winter weather forecasts for Friday through Sunday have resulted in some venue closings and event cancellations in Metro Detroit.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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There is ample parking at the venue.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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On visits later in the spring of my fourteenth birthday, Jim holds court on the small bank under the birch trees outside Stora Mans.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Papoli’s divorce filing requested Goodarzi pay her legal fees, while his response asked the court to have each party cover their own costs.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The women’s basketball teams at San Diego State (15-3, 9-0) and UC San Diego (13-6, 8-1) face tough mid-week road assignments while sitting on top of their respective conference standings.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Some of these are interesting, too, as sort of raw testimony of a conference documenting the state of AI at the beginning of a landmark year.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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But an appellate court panel put that decision on hold for the time being, allowing the facility to stay open.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The decision leaves intact a three-judge panel’s ruling that Habba’s appointment became unlawful once her 120-day interim term expired.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Forum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forum. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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