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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 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 And the superb Baryshnikov somehow turns his body to stone, ending the colloquy. Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colloquy
Noun
  • Bell said before starting the Santa Fe symposium, finding technical information about the jewelry industry was near impossible.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The question of how to meet the world’s growing power needs took center stage as chief executives of the world’s biggest uranium and nuclear energy firms, experts and investors gathered for the annual World Nuclear Association (WNA) symposium at the Royal Lancaster London hotel last week.
    April Roach, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For Donohue, a one-on-one discussion with Hunt and a later meeting with his constituents further complicated his decision.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • If both polls and discussions with my friends are anything to go by, Americans feel forever locked in a state of political conflict.
    Sarah Stein Lubrano, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Titled Forever Our Girlfriend, the celebration takes place at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles, where Akil will sit down for a candid conversation with Hollywood Confidential founder Steve Jones.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The conversation eventually shifted to basketball.
    Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The college says Pence will start in spring 2026, contributing to undergrad courses and teaching seminars.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The event also hosted a Forum series of seminars with industry experts from Thailand and across the region.
    Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The vitriol levied at uninvolved lawmakers since Wednesday's shooting has had a chilling effect on the American tradition of lawmakers' community engagement — as well as the open debate and political discourse Kirk himself espoused.
    Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate—never through violence.
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 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
  • From 1947 to 1954, Jenkins hosted summer music conferences in Steinhall, which brought together top composers and teachers to discuss music composition, materials, and new music trends.
    Sarah Biegelsen, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Oregon-Northwestern and USC-Purdue officially kicked off the Big Ten’s conference schedule on Saturday, but things really heat up around the league in Week 4, with most of the nonconference pleasantries over with and the march to Indianapolis in full swing.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Or patients might need a prescription or consultation with a doctor or other medical provider.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Then, too, Warsaw invoked Article 4, which calls for emergency consultations among member states.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Colloquy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colloquy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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