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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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Soon after, the school board began the process of finding a new superintendent, including hiring executive search firm Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, per a news release from District 204 last week announcing the upcoming community forums.
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Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
The forum, balncing new and name directors, runsover Sept. 22-24 at the Spanish festival.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
User-centric design, AI chatbots, help pages, video tutorials, community forums, intuitive error messages, and comprehensive documentation cut costs and increase customer satisfaction.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
The question of whether ketchup is a smoothie has been asked on various corners of the internet over the past several years, including in multiple Reddit forums.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
The forum, balncing new and name directors, runsover Sept. 22-24 at the Spanish festival.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
User-centric design, AI chatbots, help pages, video tutorials, community forums, intuitive error messages, and comprehensive documentation cut costs and increase customer satisfaction.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
The question of whether ketchup is a smoothie has been asked on various corners of the internet over the past several years, including in multiple Reddit forums.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forum
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The date of the symposium offered a clue to the chaos: It was held in August because the month is effectively dead for recruiting.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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Others are into the burlesque shows or the symposiums.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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The 191-track opus will be available in 12 LP and 8 CD box sets as well as on digital platforms.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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Additional spots are expected to be spread across TV, social, digital platforms, out-of-home and BetMGM properties nationwide.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Aug. 2025
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After the war, an international tribunal, known as the Tokyo Trial — similar to the Nuremburg trials in Germany — sentenced seven Japanese officials to death for war crimes.—
Anthony Kuhn,
NPR,
14 Aug. 2025
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In 2016, an international arbitral tribunal rejected China's expansive South China Sea claims.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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Pressed for time, Elliott handed over his introductory seminar to his teaching assistant: a young Kissinger, whose reverence for Germanic philosophers Brzezinski found off-putting.—
Niall Ferguson,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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The seminar, which is held annually for judges interested in this conservative legal theory, was hosted by the Georgetown Center for the Constitution.—
Daniel Bice,
jsonline.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Hahn told Golfweek, as quoted, referencing the Doral venue's ties to Donald Trump. Garrigus, practicing alongside Hahn, didn't hold back either.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
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With all of this coming full circle, the Never Say Die Ladies Turf Sprint will be run at one of the world’s most unique venues on August 30 as part of a card that features five Stakes races.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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From the beginning, our mission has been to protect the integrity of the courts.—
Muhammad U. Faridi,
New York Daily News,
17 Aug. 2025
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He’s added 15 pounds of muscle and showed off his improvement on both ends of the court in the team’s second open practice this month.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
17 Aug. 2025
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Nominees from each conference are forwarded to the Woman of the Year selection committee, which will choose the top 10 honorees in each of three divisions.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
14 Aug. 2025
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The founder has spent the past several months on the ground with freight brokerage leaders or with logistics customers at a golf conference, convincing them that this product would benefit their businesses.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
14 Aug. 2025
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That's why Townsend held a panel of current college students and graduates to spill the tea about college life during the Aug. 2 college kickoff event.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Each session will include two to three parole panel members, the brothers themselves, their parole attorney, and select family members.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Forum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forum. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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