Thesaurus results for NEWSGROUP

newsgroup

noun

Definition of newsgroup

as in chat room

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Recent Examples of newsgroup At the time, GPS nerds hung out on the nascent Internet, chatting on newsgroups. — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025 But people in the IF newsgroups were on the brink of two important events that changed the outlook for the better within their community. — Anna Washenko, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024 In 1995, the writing IF newsgroup started talking about holding a competition for shorter games. — Anna Washenko, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024 With modern technology, the birding community is well connected today, often sharing sightings of rare birds via text, group email or newsgroups. — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024 For certain newsgroups, the job is not about reporting the news, no matter how uncomfortable. — Becket Adams, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023

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Noun

Another day, popular trading card content creator and dealer Kyle Kravitz, known for his King of Kards brand, might spend an hour negotiating deals with users through the live online chat room while most viewers simply watch along.

— Larry Holder, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Time stamps seen in the photos show Thornton remained in the chat room for nearly an hour.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of chat room

Noun

Essential California asked the bishop about his letter and the church’s role in the immigration debate while checking in with a couple of Catholic scholars who offered their perspectives.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
This seems like a perfectly reasonable debate/dialogue/deliberation to have without everybody--well, most bodies--running for the exits.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of debate

Noun

Their flexibility is useful when writing, summarizing, brainstorming, or answering broad questions.

— Ethan Stone, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
After a one-day brainstorming session, the team typically spends two to three weeks designing a character, followed by roughly four weeks of production.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of brainstorming

Noun

The longtime preference of Husted, a former lieutenant governor, was to run for governor, according to multiple people familiar with internal party deliberations.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
The problem is a bureaucratic culture of ponderous deliberation, lack of enforcement powers, and, most of all, the diffuse authority accorded to New York’s 730 school districts.

— David Bloomfield, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of deliberation

Noun

The testimony of the gay men, contained in annexes published on the Vatican's synod website, featured moving accounts of how one, from Portugal, came to terms with his homosexuality and married his husband.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 May 2026
Leo, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost, spent two weeks sitting with Fuanya at the same table during Pope Francis’ 2024 big meeting, or synod, on the family.

— Nicole Winfield, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026

Definition of synod

Noun

Everyone was chatting and enjoying the beautiful weather, Spiro, a 36-year-old rabbi at Hill Havurah congregation in Washington, recalled.

— Liam Scott, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
With Noah’s career back on track, the congregation itself mostly fades into the background.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of congregation

Noun

Audi’s material-supply operations involve around one million picks daily, with components required to reach assembly workstations in the correct order.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
In September, Manila unveiled a roadmap with ambitious targets to grow its annual chips and electronics exports to $110 billion by 2030, and move beyond manufacturing and assembly into higher-end operations.

— Sam Beltran, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026

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