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as in gatherings
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose
there will be another committee meeting next week to discuss the parish fair
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as in conferences
a body of people come together in one place
a meeting marked by no consensus of what needs to be done
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as in confluences
the coming together of two or more things to the same point
a meeting of two railroad lines
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Recent Examples of meetings
Impala Platinum has opened formal talks with Zimbabwe’s central bank and lined up meetings with both the South African and Zimbabwean governments to press for clarity on Harare’s export-earnings policy, its CEO told Semafor, escalating a commercial cash-flow dispute into bilateral negotiations.
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Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Instead, Yee is running a grassroots campaign, visiting nearly all 58 California counties and holding as many face-to-face meetings as humanly possible.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Protect your schedule from extra meetings and distracting notifications when possible.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
The law also required the County Recorders Association of California to submit progress reports at the beginning of 2023 and 2025 and to hold annual meetings to discuss best practices.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Club members say one of the best things about joining the Kiwanis is that nothing is mandatory, including the club’s four monthly meetings.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
Learning from these experiences Austin-Travis County EMS is reviewing the response and will hold after-action meetings to determine if there are any improvements needed in training for active scenes.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
In order to participate in these get-togethers, members of the group must have read the book under discussion and refrain from discussing other topics during the meetings.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
Finally, between late December 1968 and March 1969, Paksa helped organize a series of Sociedad Argentina de Artistas Plásticos (SAAP) meetings, in which representatives of art, theater, literature, and sociology took stock of the previous year’s upheaval.
—Daniel R. Quiles, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Instead, Yee is running a grassroots campaign, visiting nearly all 58 California counties and holding as many face-to-face meetings as humanly possible.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Protect your schedule from extra meetings and distracting notifications when possible.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
The law also required the County Recorders Association of California to submit progress reports at the beginning of 2023 and 2025 and to hold annual meetings to discuss best practices.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Club members say one of the best things about joining the Kiwanis is that nothing is mandatory, including the club’s four monthly meetings.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
Learning from these experiences Austin-Travis County EMS is reviewing the response and will hold after-action meetings to determine if there are any improvements needed in training for active scenes.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
In order to participate in these get-togethers, members of the group must have read the book under discussion and refrain from discussing other topics during the meetings.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
Finally, between late December 1968 and March 1969, Paksa helped organize a series of Sociedad Argentina de Artistas Plásticos (SAAP) meetings, in which representatives of art, theater, literature, and sociology took stock of the previous year’s upheaval.
—Daniel R. Quiles, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meetings
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Sac State basketball was a big draw, setting program attendance records with overflow gatherings exceeding 3,000.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Iran’s foreign minister has said that the election of a new supreme leader could happen as early as this week, but the intensive Israeli attacks targeting gatherings of senior officials may slow down the process.—
Matt Nighswander,
NBC news,
3 Mar. 2026
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Students who bring Class 2 e-bikes may face progressive discipline, including warnings, meetings with school administrators, parent conferences and, in some cases, requiring families to retrieve the bike from campus.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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The two mega conferences, the Big Ten and the Southeastern Conference, tend to dominate viewership and, thus, money — about $2 billion in TV contracts.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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Producer Fortes, founder of Fiascocrafts, also emphasizes the goal of shaking up conventions through a female lens.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Mar. 2026
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There are inexcusable attacks on civilians — on hospitals and on a girls’ school in Minab, killing dozens of children — without regard to United Nations conventions and international law.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
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Regional assemblies for Scotland and Wales are one result.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Lai was also previously sentenced to prison over his role in unauthorized assemblies during the 2019 protests, as well as an unauthorized vigil in 2020 for victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.—
Jennifer Jett,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
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Although Turning Point’s show was intended to offer a radical contrast, the many thematic convergences only strengthened that argument.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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Pivot to Asia All of this shapes India’s policy toward China to manage an adversarial relationship with limited cooperation and convergences.—
Shyam Saran,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Non-Orientable Nkansa, 2017, one of his earliest large-scale installations, announced his dedication to monumental assemblages that fixate on negligence and crumbling edifices.—
Edna Bonhomme,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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His artworks, which include paintings, sculptures, mixed-media assemblages, mosaics, photographs, and film, are full of mood and foreboding.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
31 Mar. 2025
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Comprising 354 identical concrete cubes arranged in various combinations, each apartment features at least one private terrace.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
2 Mar. 2026
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In moving McCollum to the starting unit, the Hawks now have one of the NBA’s best five-man combinations to open matchups.—
Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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But past bankruptcies and consolidations left multiple processors in the marketplace.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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While office consolidations in media are a common occurrence (even at CBS), 57th Street served as a metaphorical and literal buffer on the influence that CBS had on the newsmagazine, which has long operated with a high degree of independence.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Meetings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meetings. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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