as in seminar
a meeting featuring a group discussion
recently attended a daylong symposium on new methods of chromatography
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Recent Examples of symposium
Bell said before starting the Santa Fe symposium, finding technical information about the jewelry industry was near impossible.
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Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The symposium, like all good ones, had its moments optimized for fun and connection.
—Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
Last month's Beef Country Beef Conference at the Taylor County Expo Center featured an array of topics for cattle producers — not the least of which was the topic that led the day-long symposium.
—Ronald W. Erdrich, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
The symposium proceeded to take things to 11 with the next panel, promising a roundtable discussion on the making of the record.
—Caryn Rose, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
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Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The symposium, like all good ones, had its moments optimized for fun and connection.
—Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
Last month's Beef Country Beef Conference at the Taylor County Expo Center featured an array of topics for cattle producers — not the least of which was the topic that led the day-long symposium.
—Ronald W. Erdrich, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
The symposium proceeded to take things to 11 with the next panel, promising a roundtable discussion on the making of the record.
—Caryn Rose, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for symposium
Recent Examples of Synonyms for symposium
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Both are also mandated to attend a parenting seminar within 60 days of the divorce filing.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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The event will unite renowned winemakers, distillers, and chefs, and include more than 50 celebrity chef demos and beverage seminars.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Oct. 2025
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That’s the mindset Steichen wants his whole team to embody in a conference that, outside of the 4-1 Bills, feels wide open.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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In the wake of the attack, the LDS Church increased security at its twice-annual general conference over the weekend.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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Portland Meanwhile, as the Chicago hearing takes place, a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments about whether to lift a lower court’s order blocking the deployment of 200 federalized members of the Oregon National Guard into Portland.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Ivy League school has been under the microscope after it was reported that its Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights hosted a panel in early 2018 where a guest lecturer from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill made his case for potential armed political violence.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Symposium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symposium. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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