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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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Some of the symposium's organizers, like Ashley Mason, a clinical psychologist at the University of California, San Francisco, acknowledge their goal is partly to dispel the whiff of wellness hype.

— Will Stone, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026
For The Times) UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk’s statement to distance the university from a law school symposium on 9/11 has promoted growing faculty backlash over academic freedom.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

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The program—announced at the Ai Everything conference in the capital–will give government employees hands-on experience with tools such as ChatGPT, Codex, and Microsoft 365 Copilot.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Surveillance footage showed Alfozan approaching the conference room on several occasions despite lacking authorization to enter or participate in meetings there.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026

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Zhang Yimou presides over a panel that also includes Bi Gan, Kei Ishikawa, July Jung, Vietnamese producer Tran Thi Bich Ngoc and Kazakh actor Samal Yeslyamova.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Officers found Blanco hiding in the basement of a nearby home and recovered a knife from a panel box, police said.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

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