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Recent Examples of colloquy Beyond the practical challenges lies a deeper, more existential question—one that has echoed through colloquies of faculty athletic reps in league meetings this month: Is the job still worth having if it’s excluded from determining the new governance of college sports? Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025 There is nothing analytical about Jackiw and Denk’s rendition, which translates all those formal intricacies into an infectious colloquy of voices. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024 State of play: The concrete barriers guarding the steep switchbacks above Wasatch Mountain State Park now display a colloquy of pro- and anti-Trump graffiti. Erin Alberty, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024 These artist combinations – or colloquies, as Viveros-Fauné calls them – are especially effective at Stelo Arts and Parallax Art Center. Briana Miller | , oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023 Charlie and Joanie’s colloquy in the thoroughfare is also a mutual reassurance that the other’s dream has value. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021 And the superb Baryshnikov somehow turns his body to stone, ending the colloquy. Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020 While there is inevitably a performative dimension to the colloquy between these two figures who have spent so many years on the public stage, Obama and Springsteen are also both deeply introspective. BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2021 Milius concentrates on conservative patriots, yet her colloquy of all those involved in creating or fighting the coup highlights the varied countenances, plus their camera-ready expressions, that reveal an unexpectedly broad, adversarial America. Armond White, National Review, 9 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colloquy
Noun
  • The symposium, including the free trade show and gallery, is open 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 13, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. June 14 and 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 15 at RiverCentre; 175 Kellogg Blvd.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 11 June 2025
  • Last month, Xi held a closed-door symposium with some of the country’s most prominent business leaders, including Alibaba founder Jack Ma, in a rare show of support for the sector.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Trade discussions usually pick up in the next few weeks around the upcoming draft and All-Star Game, and baseball operations president Erik Neander and his staff should have plenty to talk about.
    Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2025
  • The discussion later in this article reviews many, but far from all, of the tax changes contained in the BBB.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Now, thanks to a team at the University of California, Davis, there's a new brain-computer interface (BCI) system that's opening up real-time, natural conversation for people who can't speak.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
  • The list sparked some conversation in the comments section as fans rushed to agree and reflect on some of the treats that have been lost to the past.
    Michael Nied, People.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • It will be used in all of the university’s first-year seminars and will be accompanied by panel discussions, workshops and additional engagement opportunities throughout the year.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Any Connecticut organization, business, non-profit or municipality, interested in hosting a Narcan seminar, can give us a call.
    Raj Dodani, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • For the more religious who follow halacha, or traditional Jewish law, the question about how to handle the starting and ending times of Shabbat has been a topic of debate ever since the congregation was founded in 1905.
    Dan Fellner, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025
  • Where interest rates should be today, and when they should be reduced, is already a topic of debate inside the Fed, a decision, it should be noted, that cannot be made unilaterally by the chair.
    Ron Insana, CNBC, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Liv Hewson ended up wearing the pink converse sneakers.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The chatbot converses with patients while simultaneously reviewing their medical records, then generates a ranked list of diagnoses and makes recommendations, such as for prescription drugs or lab tests.
    Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The beauty of it, to the SEC, was the emphasis on the passion of the conference, not just winning.
    Seth Emerson, New York Times, 10 July 2025
  • The incident occurred in June, and McCubbin appeared in court for a pretrial conference in July.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • According to the company, over 60% of users who complete a consultation go on to purchase a product.
    Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
  • Guests first participate in a one-hour consultation so staff can determine programs tailored to each individual person.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2025

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“Colloquy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colloquy. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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