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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
Discussions about Karin Ann’s rise have started appearing in comment sections and music forums.
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Matt Emma, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Halterman thanked all of the people who helped during the presidential search process during the meeting, including those who served on committees and participated in the forums.
—Brooklyn Draisey, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 25 Mar. 2026
Hours later, the four prominent Democrats who were excluded from the debate called on their rivals to boycott the event, reiterating their concerns that the criteria used to determine who was invited to participate resulted in every prominent candidate of color being excluded from the forum.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
The forum starts today and ends Thursday, while the event started over the weekend with a premiere for Hulu’s buzzy Margaret Atwood adaptation The Testaments.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
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Matt Emma, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Halterman thanked all of the people who helped during the presidential search process during the meeting, including those who served on committees and participated in the forums.
—Brooklyn Draisey, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 25 Mar. 2026
Hours later, the four prominent Democrats who were excluded from the debate called on their rivals to boycott the event, reiterating their concerns that the criteria used to determine who was invited to participate resulted in every prominent candidate of color being excluded from the forum.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
The forum starts today and ends Thursday, while the event started over the weekend with a premiere for Hulu’s buzzy Margaret Atwood adaptation The Testaments.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forum
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The second section begins, not too long after, with the narrator having just participated in a memorial-slash-symposium in Madrid honoring Thomas’s life and influence.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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This year’s symposium laureate presentations were held March 11-12 at UC San Diego in La Jolla.—
La Jolla Light,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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The platform represents a new generation of physical AI systems that combine perception, reasoning, and natural interaction.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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Streaming services like Netflix, Amazon and other Indian platforms also have outposts in Mumbai, all of which need a steady stream of talent.—
Taran Khan,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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The tribunal convicted eight other defendants of embezzlement, abuse of office, fraud and other charges and imposed tens of millions of dollars in restitution to the Holy See.—
NICOLE WINFIELD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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The tribunal convicted eight other defendants of embezzlement, abuse of office, fraud and other charges and imposed tens of millions of euros (dollars) in restitution to the Holy See.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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There will also be carnival rides and games, eating contests, cooking demonstrations, wine seminars, food booths selling Italian favorites, as well as The Moretti Beer Garden and the Spritz Del Conte Wine Garden.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Disney Food & Wine Festival runs through April 27 at Disney California Adventure with local, celebrity and Disney chefs offering cooking tips during culinary demonstrations, tasting seminars and signature events.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
30 Mar. 2026
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The academy had been looking for a venue that offered greater control over how the show is staged, including how the audience is arranged and how the room is used for both the broadcast and the live event.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2026
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The venue has long been the home of the Emmys as well.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
26 Mar. 2026
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Federal officials can then query that data and unmask the identities of Americans whose communications have been collected, a process critics say creates a backdoor way to search private citizens’ information without court approval.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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Agee is due back in court on March 26 for a probable cause conference and on April 2 for a preliminary examination.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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San Diego State’s Ava Schaffel was named the Mountain West conference pitcher of the week for allowing two runs on four hits in 9 2/3 innings over two games, although the Aztecs (19-15, 4-5) lost two of three games at New Mexico.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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At the ResiDay housing conference in November, White House housing director Bill Pulte said that a decision on the IPO would happen sometime by the end of that quarter or early this year, but that decision has yet to come.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
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The airbags are attached to the scooter's front panel, and linked to two G-sensors that are positioned at the center of the scooter.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Mar. 2026
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Kelli Brassfield, co-chair of the panel and a lobbyist who represents Idaho’s county governments, cautioned that the proposal likely won’t be ready during the 2026 annual legislative session.—
Audrey Dutton,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Forum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forum. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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