agenda

noun

ə-ˈjen-də How to pronounce agenda (audio)
Definition of agendanext
as in schedule
a listing of things to be presented or considered (as at a concert or play) unless your proposal is on the meeting's agenda, it won't be addressed

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Recent Examples of agenda The man did not address any specific items on the committee meeting agenda. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 July 2026 An August 2024 commissioners court agenda initially included a proposition to swap out Veterans Day as an employee holiday instead, but the motion never made it to the court. — Rachel Royster july 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026 Stop Pittsburg Data Center, a coalition consisting of residents, said the city failed to uphold its promise that the data center issue would return as an agenda item during a regular City Council meeting with public direction and participation. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 9 July 2026 The move also will allow Fountainhead to revive MEET, a pre-pandemic program that brought Miami artists together over a meal with no formal agenda. — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for agenda
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agenda
  1. schedule
  2. calendar
  3. program
  4. timetable
Noun
  • When asked about his All-Star nod over the weekend, Joe Ryan focused on his team’s offense and the upcoming schedule instead of himself.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 6 July 2026
  • On June 23, an attendant at a gas station in the center of Moscow told CNN that tankers were still arriving and delivering fuel according to schedule.
    — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of schedule
Noun
  • For example, the adversary injects malicious instructions into an individual email or calendar invitation.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
  • After Universal pulled the M3GAN spinoff Soulm8te from its release calendar, Blumhouse Atomic Monster is sending the AI sci-fi thriller straight to home video.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
Definition of calendar
Noun
  • Those include loyalty, membership or rewards programs that customers enroll in or if the savings are offered to broad groups of people, such as teachers, military members or senior citizens.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
  • Friday’s announcement comes after CAA called for Meta to implement guardrails for Muse, despite the agency rolling out its own AI Vault program to archive its members’ likenesses forever.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 July 2026
Definition of program
Noun
  • There remains no timetable for the conclusion of the NBA’s probe, which is being performed by outside counsel.
    — Janis Carr, Oc Register, 9 July 2026
  • There is no timetable for its conclusion, and the league had no comment Thursday.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of timetable

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