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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
Savannah Guthrie had the misfortune of learning this in a very public forum — live on Today — this week.
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
Conspiracy forums named it the Black Knight.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Lawmakers said it was intended to give survivors a direct forum to convey their experiences to Congress, as per The Hill.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The forum is co-hosted by the Tennessee Farm Bureau, Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and the Tennessee Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
Conspiracy forums named it the Black Knight.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Lawmakers said it was intended to give survivors a direct forum to convey their experiences to Congress, as per The Hill.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The forum is co-hosted by the Tennessee Farm Bureau, Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and the Tennessee Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forum
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And Powell also nodded to that possibility in his keynote speech last month at the Kansas City Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Blanchflower confirmed that Dartmouth and the UN are co-hosting a symposium in New Hampshire in late October, with guests including Jonathan Haidt and Robert Putnam.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Sep. 2025
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In an analysis of over a billion job postings, labor insight platform LightCast identified not only a surge in demand for AI skills, but also higher average pay for jobs that required them.—
Dylan Butts
Shreya Ghosal,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Jordan Wood, a former congressional aide, jumped into the race early on a platform of transparency.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The first international tribunal ever organized, the first time film footage was used as evidence to show the world what this regime perpetrated.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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And now comes Nuremberg, being released in the same month that tribunal happened on November 21, 1945.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
7 Sep. 2025
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But the Guttenfelders didn’t worry until one day, when the two were at a seminar together, Ni left to go to the bathroom, and came back in excruciating pain, Jeff said.—
Ciara McCarthy
September 9,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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Pughsley reportedly organized annual training seminars held each August to prepare the bookmakers for the start of the college football season, when most of the wagers are placed by RED44 bettors during the year.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Protesters also disrupted the 2024 Indie Spirit Awards, with host Jim Gaffigan attempting to make his way through the presentation by speaking over the sound of protests happening outside the event's tent venue at the Santa Monica Pier in California.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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Paper tickets have become rarer, as digital tickets are scanned in at venues everywhere.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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His next court case came in January this year, when court records say Brown was at a hospital and someone called police about him.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Favorability sank 22 percentage points from August 2020, when 70% of respondents approved of the court.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Bulls look to be the best team in the Group of Five conferences, while the Gators and coach Billy Napier are now under pressure with a difficult SEC schedule ahead.—
Erick Smith,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Eight execs polled before the season slotted Green Bay second behind Philadelphia in the conference (see their votes below).—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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While speaking on a panel at the opening of the movie, which details the life and career of actor John Candy, who died at 43 in 1994, Reynolds revealed that his 2-year-old son, Olin, played a key part in convincing Bill Murray, 74, to have a role in the documentary.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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The most advanced silicon panels can convert just under 30 percent of sunlight into electricity.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Forum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forum. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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