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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This money would reimburse, for example, the town of Marshall for repairing its town hall building and the North Carolina Department of Transportation for rebuilding roads and bridges.
—Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
Mobs of people show up at town hall meetings, events, and restaurants, to scream, intimidate, and silence anyone who disagrees with them.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Copeland has hosted town halls in every county in the district, and said voters need the choice not to send a sitting state representative to Washington.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
The first Wisconsin data center, in nearby Mount Pleasant, will house hundreds of thousands of Nvidia Blackwell GB200 graphics processing units that are capable of handling artificial intelligence models, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and vice chair, said at a town hall meeting.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
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Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
Mobs of people show up at town hall meetings, events, and restaurants, to scream, intimidate, and silence anyone who disagrees with them.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Copeland has hosted town halls in every county in the district, and said voters need the choice not to send a sitting state representative to Washington.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
The first Wisconsin data center, in nearby Mount Pleasant, will house hundreds of thousands of Nvidia Blackwell GB200 graphics processing units that are capable of handling artificial intelligence models, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and vice chair, said at a town hall meeting.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Town hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20hall. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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