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panel discussion

noun

Definition of panel discussionnext
as in symposium
a meeting featuring a group discussion a panel discussion on capital punishment

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Recent Examples of panel discussion Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, district judge of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, attends a panel discussion at the annual American Bar Association (ABA) Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025. — Jeffrey Kopp, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026 The Perspectives strand features moderated panel discussions on the state of the global screen industries. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 In addition to high-level access to executives, collectors could roam from store to store and from event to event, with more than 40 different presentations, panel discussions, and other around-town events complementing the four-day exhibition. — Roberta Naas, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 At a panel discussion in June at the Huntington Theatre in Boston, Marnik explained that her own change of heart about vaccination occurred only after many talks with kind, attentive friends and professors over four years of college. — Felice J. Freyer, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for panel discussion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for panel discussion
  1. symposium
  2. seminar
  3. conference
  4. panel
Noun
  • Those reading the tea leaves even focused on how Warsh kicked off his speech at the economic policy symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, the group has donated to the University of Florida’s foundation and has helped to underwrite McCurdy’s annual kratom symposium, attended by about 100 scientists, to promote research into kratom’s therapeutic potential.
    — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of symposium
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  • Skillfully insinuating actors on the order of Tom Hollander (Treasurer Robert Hales) and Stephen Dillane (Archbishop Sudbury) add some spice to the film’s periodic seminars in court scheming and skulking.
    — Michael Phillips, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
  • That soon led to Davis taking a job arranging lectures and seminars and, later, overseeing the organization’s public programming.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of seminar
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  • The decision means tight end Dae’Quan Wright and defensive end Zxavian Harris will not suit up for the Tigers this fall after weeks of legal drama, the furthest test yet of a conference attempting some self-governance.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Both rebounded last week with wins, but only one will enter conference play with a winning record.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of conference
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  • Yet the region remains less than the sum of its parts, argued Edward Au, southern region managing partner for Deloitte China, who joined Che on the panel.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The Athletic is confronted with dozens of multicoloured wires and cables, plugged in to a panel on an outside broadcast truck.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
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“Panel discussion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panel%20discussion. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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