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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
During a candidate forum last month, Bei highlighted a high turnover rate among CalPERS chief investment officers, and Mermell said the retirement system was paying private equity brokers too much in fees for their investment work.
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William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Ask Your Community Tap online community forums to obtain info on the best materials and tools and where to buy them.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
Speaking at the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi at a forum of Russian experts, Putin addressed the killing, according to Reuters.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Switching gears The three-day Singapore Grand Prix has evolved into a week-long event for many, drawing global leaders and business travelers to trade forums scheduled around the race, such as crypto conference Token2049 and the Milken Institute Asia Summit.
—Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
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William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Ask Your Community Tap online community forums to obtain info on the best materials and tools and where to buy them.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
Speaking at the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi at a forum of Russian experts, Putin addressed the killing, according to Reuters.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Switching gears The three-day Singapore Grand Prix has evolved into a week-long event for many, drawing global leaders and business travelers to trade forums scheduled around the race, such as crypto conference Token2049 and the Milken Institute Asia Summit.
—Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forum
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Where the symposium fostered a social dialogue, science provided its measurable foundation.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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The group also maintains a prolific schedule of author talks, online symposiums and real-life get-togethers that all revolve around old-timey grub.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Burns took them from a housing project to the C-suite, then used that platform to demand better for everyone coming after her.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Motion Picture Association was one of the first major Hollywood institutions to disavow the OpenAI platform.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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Meta disputed Nigeria’s findings and decision to fine it, but a tribunal upheld the decision in April.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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That panel included two former judges who had overseen international criminal tribunals, a former legal adviser to the British Foreign Office, and Amal Clooney, a British Lebanese human-rights lawyer and the wife of George Clooney.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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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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All across the locker room, guys were eager to flush Seattle’s 38-35 loss to the Bucs and exit the venue.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The new venue was the North Seattle apartment building Daugaard had proposed more than a year earlier.—
Ashley Hiruko,
ProPublica,
6 Oct. 2025
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The role of the courts is to decide if the President is acting within the limits set by the Constitution and the law, says Elizabeth Goitein, senior director of the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Program.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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Federer, for instance, became a billionaire earlier this year despite earning just over $130 million in prize money from more than two decades on the court.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
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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“Forum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forum. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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