panel

noun

ˈpa-nᵊl How to pronounce panel (audio)
Definition of panelnext
1
as in symposium
a meeting featuring a group discussion there will be a discussion panel on Tuesday

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2
as in committee
a select group of persons assigned to consider or take action on some matter assembled a prestigious panel to investigate ways to stem the rising cost of health care

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Recent Examples of panel The measures are based on findings from a special panel on child safety online that Von der Leyen commissioned. — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 14 July 2026 This is followed by a panel comprising TIFF programmer Diana Cadavid, Puerto Rico Film Festival’s Lester Rive and Patricia Velázquez of the Costa Rica Film Festival who will discuss how festivals drive talent, industry and audiences. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 13 July 2026 Rotating guest judges — who will double as weekly mentors — will take the panel’s third slot. — Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026 Blanche would almost certainly receive no support from Democrats on the panel or in the chamber. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for panel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for panel
  1. symposium
  2. committee
  3. seminar
  4. commission
  5. conference
Noun
  • Power connections, which are fewer in number and take up more surface area, are placed on the sides of the memory cube, University of Tokyo doctoral student Yuki Mitarai said at the symposium.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026
  • Accounts of Plato’s symposium have typically focused more on the philosophy of love part than the dinner party part, as if what matters is the content of the various speeches, and not their context.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of symposium
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  • Just before Platner’s Wednesday announcement, more than 100 state Democratic Party committee members signed off on holding a nominating convention, in the event of his withdrawal, to choose the nominee.
    — Meg Kinnard, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • The man did not address any specific items on the committee meeting agenda.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Definition of committee
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  • Coaching seminars held by the Norwegian Football Federation have been known to play a short video showing a 16-year-old boy taking part in a shooting drill.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 July 2026
  • For an industry grappling with retention, burnout, and a widening confidence gap among new graduates, that kind of practical, repeatable structure is worth more than another seminar on empathy in the abstract.
    — Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
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  • In a report, the agency's staff recommends that the commission approve the preliminary site and building plans for the arch.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • Usually, the zoning commission limits all the speakers in opposition to an agenda item to seven minutes total.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
Definition of commission
Noun
  • During the meeting, a handful of people looked at their laptops, with those attending in person sitting around a nearly empty oval table in the board’s conference room.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026
  • And that April guidance was above the $101 billion analysts had been expecting toward the end of last year, before the company updated it at a conference in December.
    — Hugh Son,Laya Neelakandan,Leslie Picker,Ritika Shah, CNBC, 14 July 2026
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