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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
Fandoms were formerly relegated to more niche spaces, like forums or fan fiction archives, Stein said.
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Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
The plan commission voted to postpone a rezone vote about the project until its May 20 meeting, citing the public forum as the reason.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
The exchange has drawn attention to the unresolved question of how the looksmaxxing community — now reaching millions of young men through mainstream platforms — relates to the incel forums where its vocabulary first took hold.
—Ryan Brennan
april 15, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
And in response to a query from Sportico, a Davenport spokesperson suggested its deeper worries lay less with the content of the criticisms than the forum enabling it.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 14 Apr. 2026
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Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
The plan commission voted to postpone a rezone vote about the project until its May 20 meeting, citing the public forum as the reason.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
The exchange has drawn attention to the unresolved question of how the looksmaxxing community — now reaching millions of young men through mainstream platforms — relates to the incel forums where its vocabulary first took hold.
—Ryan Brennan
april 15, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
And in response to a query from Sportico, a Davenport spokesperson suggested its deeper worries lay less with the content of the criticisms than the forum enabling it.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forum
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While Ben admited to her that the two had met professionally at a medical symposium, the full extent of their acquaintanceship was not revealed until the very end of the finale in a major cliffhanger.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
14 Apr. 2026
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Kardel hopes San Diegans can attend the Dark Sky events this week, such as the star party and dark sky symposium at the Santa Ysabel Nature Center on Saturday, April 18, to learn from the researchers and take a look through a telescope to admire the sky.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Their work was only ever couched as an intelligence program, not a munitions or weapons platform.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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In AlphaSense’s platform, AI reasoning across long context windows helps compress research workflows from hours to under an hour, Greenberg said.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Parliament also reappointed the chairman of the constitutional tribunal, attorney general, and judges of the Supreme Court.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Khalid Hamideh, a local attorney who has worked with the tribunal, said the group arbitrates in civil family matters as well as in contractual disputes.—
Isabella Volmert,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Lolita feels like a suspiciously low lift for advanced seminar.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Those seminars came with an unusual twist.—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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Many of the leaders from the first event will stay put for the inaugural Global Progressive Mobilization, held at the same venue later on Saturday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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In 1937 while competing for Pasadena City College, Robinson won the long jump at 22 feet, 6 inches in the first night track and field meet at the venue.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Multi-faceted bill Among other things, the bill creates a new, private right of action that would allow citizens to file civil lawsuits against ICE agents in court.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
15 Apr. 2026
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The entire Heat bench went out to check on their center, who then was helped off the court and into the locker room alongside Heat physician Harlan Selesnick.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2026
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As movie theater owners and studio executives converge on Las Vegas this week for the annual CinemaCon trade conference, a rare sentiment is emerging — optimism.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Those programs included basketball tournaments, teen conferences, and free meals throughout the day.—
Daniel Wilkerson,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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For now, the feature appears limited to Chrome’s Gemini side panel.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
15 Apr. 2026
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But while Moore named a panel in November that proposed the new map for Maryland, the governor could not prevail on the heavily Democratic Maryland Senate to approve it.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Forum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forum. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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