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colloquium

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as in symposium

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Recent Examples of colloquium But this did not go down well with some of the colloquium guests. — Tania Roettger, The Dial, 5 Dec. 2024 In 2017 Perlin organized a colloquium on Eunice Foote (an American scientist who, in 1856, was the first to argue that putting greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere could cause climate change). — Eugene Linden, TIME, 21 Apr. 2024 In the math department, there were people running this colloquium series called Math and Social Responsibility — very Berkeley-like. — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024 In this colloquium, Teddy Tzanetos, JPL’s assembly, test, operations lead and ground support designer will present the project’s inception, its operational goals and capabilities, and what its success may mean for space exploration. — IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2021 See All Example Sentences for colloquium

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Participants at the symposium also explored athletics, adult learners, career readiness, federal policy, international partnerships, alumni engagement, and philanthropy across the African continent.

— Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Picard had organized a daylong symposium to give fellow mitochondria enthusiasts a chance to discuss the latest findings in their rapidly growing field, from immune cell bioenergetics to time perception.

— Rachel Nuwer, Quanta Magazine, 17 July 2026

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Those figures conform to those generated this year by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), an advisory panel for Congress, which found that the subsidies reduced average Part D premiums by $26 a month last year and $16 this year.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
The panel encouraged the roughly 100 attendees at Farish Street Baptist Church in Jackson to make sure they’re registered to vote, help register other people to vote and turn out to vote in record numbers.

— TAYLOR VANCE, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

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