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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
Check travel forums like TripAdvisor or Facebook groups for guest experiences.
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Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2025
That will give us a lot more strength to negotiate in these forums, for example like COP30 coming up this year.
—Gemma Watson, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
In The Savant, inspired by a true story as reported by Cosmopolitan, Chastain plays an anti-extremism operative who infiltrates white-supremacist forums online to prevent explosive acts of violence.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
With six weeks remaining until the election that will determine an array of local political races — including the next mayor/CEO of Wyandotte County’s government — three organizations are teaming up to host a candidate forum that varies from the traditional format.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
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Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2025
That will give us a lot more strength to negotiate in these forums, for example like COP30 coming up this year.
—Gemma Watson, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
In The Savant, inspired by a true story as reported by Cosmopolitan, Chastain plays an anti-extremism operative who infiltrates white-supremacist forums online to prevent explosive acts of violence.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
With six weeks remaining until the election that will determine an array of local political races — including the next mayor/CEO of Wyandotte County’s government — three organizations are teaming up to host a candidate forum that varies from the traditional format.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forum
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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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Zhang Yiming, ByteDance's founder, was among the entrepreneurs invited to a high-level symposium chaired by President Xi Jinping in February.—
Evelyn Cheng,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
19 Sep. 2025
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These measures include content filtering; checks for infringement across streaming and social platforms; penalty systems for repeat infringers; chain-of-custody certification and name-and-likeness verification.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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Once a marker of lineage and tradition, a pinky ring is now the perfect platform on which its wearer signals their personal style—a tiny stage for diamonds, stacks, or just a single, simple gold band.—
Malaika Crawford,
Vogue,
25 Sep. 2025
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Such action could include an arms embargo, sanctions and more support for international tribunals investigating Israel's possible crimes.—
Mariam Khan,
ABC News,
22 Sep. 2025
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Maxar/Google Earth The Hague tribunal's 2016 ruling under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea classified Subi Reef as a low-tide elevation, not entitled to its own territorial sea or exclusive economic zone.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Gabby perkily announces, sounding like a motivational coach at a weight-loss seminar.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
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In the early nineteen-hundreds, Richard Cabot, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, started holding seminars to demonstrate clinical reasoning for trainees.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The shooting in a small, idyllic waterfront community adds to the growing list of bars, restaurants, shopping centers, schools and other venues in the US generally thought of as safe that have experienced gun violence.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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However, the Buccaneers were also looking to remain undefeated, and Sirianni's trash-talking of Mayfield could also fire him up in his home venue.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Trump has leaned heavily on the courts during his second term to challenge media outlets, but as of Wednesday night, the president’s legal team has not brought a new lawsuit against ABC, for predictable reasons, according to experts.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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While Labubu mania is new, high-end brands from Tiffany to Loewe are increasingly featuring characters like Pikachu and Totoro to court younger and digitally savvy customers.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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There is a conference committee on many of the appropriations bills right now.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Lewis built a conference room stocked with a long table and six chairs, a projector and screen, and a door for privacy.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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The Little Rock Board of Directors must confirm Buchanan's reappointment to the panel, which would be for a five-year term that expires in September 2030.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Sep. 2025
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Landau said during opening remarks at a panel discussing asylum and migration reform alongside representatives from Kosovo, Bangladesh, Panama and Liberia.—
Mariam Khan,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Forum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forum. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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