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as in symposium
a meeting featuring a group discussion
a public forum called to find out how residents felt about a large discount store being built in their neighborhood
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as in tribunal
an assembly of persons for the administration of justice
a jury may have acquitted Lizzie Borden, but she was guilty of murder in the forum of public opinion
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Recent Examples of forum
Renee Good’s brothers and a woman shot five times by Border Patrol officers decried the Homeland Security Department’s tactics in a public forum on the Hill.
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Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
Matt Schlicht, the creator of Moltbook, developed the site specifically to work with OpenClaw agents, which individual humans could intentionally connect to the forum.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Congressional Democrats will hold a forum on immigration enforcement.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 3 Feb. 2026
The forum comes as congressional Democrats, including Blumenthal and Garcia, demand reforms to the Department of Homeland Security to put stricter guardrails on Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
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Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
Matt Schlicht, the creator of Moltbook, developed the site specifically to work with OpenClaw agents, which individual humans could intentionally connect to the forum.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Congressional Democrats will hold a forum on immigration enforcement.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 3 Feb. 2026
The forum comes as congressional Democrats, including Blumenthal and Garcia, demand reforms to the Department of Homeland Security to put stricter guardrails on Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forum
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Aside from hosting the clinical symposiums and raising awareness, Tucker said the conferences foster a sense of community among people touched by Alström syndrome.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Feb. 2026
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The restaurant’s nonprofit, MAD, is also continuing its speaker series here in Los Angeles for symposiums on cooking, sustainability and more.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Cisco says the platform is built to support massive AI clusters running training, inference, and real-time agentic workloads while improving efficiency and lowering operating costs.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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The post racked up millions of likes before later being removed — but not before copies spread widely across other international platforms.—
Trista Kurniawan,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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When Liverpool signed teenager Rio Ngumoha from Chelsea, the fee for the winger went to a tribunal.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Republican parties have already appealed the decision to the state’s Appellate Division and also directly to the state’s highest tribunal, the Court of Appeals in Albany.—
Jeffrey M. Wice,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Progressive Boat Show Experience features experiential boating lifestyle activations, entertainment, cuisine and educational seminars.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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Several park rangers were in attendance during the seminar to help kids practice tying their rigs and selecting the bait.—
Amy Stark Shireman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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The venue prohibits recording equipment apart from smartphones.—
Mars Salazar,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Feb. 2026
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There’s a reason Red Rocks is considered one of the most beautiful music venues in the country.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2026
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Andrii Yakovliev, a defense counsel and expert on international humanitarian and criminal law at the Media Initiative for Human Rights, a Ukrainian NGO, told CNN that Ukraine ensures the conditions are in place for a fair trial, and that, in general, the country’s courts respect due process.—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Fulton County has filed a court motion to get the records back.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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Texas State just released its full 2026 schedule, which includes its Pac-12 conference games.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
16 Feb. 2026
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UConn resumes Big East play Wednesday on the road against Villanova, the second place team in the conference.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
16 Feb. 2026
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Kennedy previously removed members of the federal government’s vaccine advisory panel and appointed new members, and moved to cancel $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Sitting commissioners of the housing authority make recommendations to fill vacancies on the panel, subject to the approval of the city's Board of Directors, which has a window of time following the decision to confirm or reject an individual.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Forum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forum. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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