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
The symposium, like all good ones, had its moments optimized for fun and connection.
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Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
The Born to Run symposium comes during a heightened period of legacy-building for Springsteen in advance of next month’s Bruce biopic, Deliver Me From Nowhere.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 7 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
Springsteen’s appearance at the symposium hadn’t been guaranteed, but his active, open participation on the panels was delightful and a little astonishing.
—Caryn Rose, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
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Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
The Born to Run symposium comes during a heightened period of legacy-building for Springsteen in advance of next month’s Bruce biopic, Deliver Me From Nowhere.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 7 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
Springsteen’s appearance at the symposium hadn’t been guaranteed, but his active, open participation on the panels was delightful and a little astonishing.
—Caryn Rose, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symposium
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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Launched as an event program in Japan and Korea, 100 sees teams of amateur and celebrity performers seek to make combined ages of exactly 100, and score a perfect 100 from the audience and panel during a comedy musical guessing game.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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The left side of the dress featured a completely open panel that put her side boob, torso, hips and leg on full view.—
Starr Bowenbank,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Symposium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symposium. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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