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 lightning strike created a trench from the base of the tree to the electrical panel in the garage. — Logan Hall, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026 Cossovitsa and Hoesdorff were joined on the panel by Faye Tsitsipi, Deputy Director of Content Management at MagentaTV, which will broadcast the series in Greece. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2026 The panel heard testimony over nine days from 24 prosecution witnesses and three defense witnesses. — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026 The discussion was one of several panels bringing together French and American industry figures at the American French Film Festival, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year with a lineup of 60 films and series. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for panel
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  1. symposium
  2. committee
  3. seminar
  4. commission
  5. conference
Noun
  • Production paused in Season 1 when a mining symposium took over the town’s hotels.
    — Max Gao, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Meanwhile at the Architectural Association’s campus on Bedford Square, the foundation, together with the architecture school and the Serpentine, held a two-day symposium in Hadid’s honor.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2026
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  • To the victors go the spoils, and chief among them are committee chairmanships in the House of Representatives and Senate.
    — Kevin R. Kosar, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2026
  • One option for overhauling the committee, according to people familiar with the situation, is broadening its focus beyond China to explore issues related to other bad foreign actors.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026
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  • Boden told The Hollywood Reporter, talking the day after his keynote speech at the annual Motion Picture Association (MPA) seminar at Tokyo International Film Festival.
    — Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The Proof Again, Huang began sending out e-mails—more than 40 in 2023—and gave a circuit of seminar talks.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
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  • Since 1940, Florida alone has created more than 4,000 artificial reefs, according to a state fish and wildlife commission tally.
    — Henry Larson, NPR, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Few easy answers on water, noise, job impacts The commission found that many of the pain points that arise around data center developments – water usage, noise impacts, job growth, and electrical grid reliability – do not have easy answers.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2026
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  • But as a result of the election last week, the House Republican conference is smaller, with a disproportionate number of moderates and swing-district lawmakers retiring or voted out.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The work was presented at the UbiComp/ISWC 2026 conference in Shanghai.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
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