Thesaurus results for ROUND TABLES

roundtables

noun

variants or less commonly round tables

plural of roundtable

as in seminars

a meeting featuring a group discussion an international roundtable of medical experts on the disease

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Recent Examples of roundtables Through each track, the participants were guided through a mix of roundtables, lectures, independent work, and interactive workshops. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026 This year, the event will once again feature panels, thought-provoking conversations, roundtables, networking opportunities and activations, along with the celebrated Billboard En Vivo performances. — Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026 In past editions, those talks, roundtables, performances and awards ceremonies usually began as the main festival wound down. — Ben Croll, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026 In some cases, the participants circled around actual roundtables, while some were standing in small huddles standing in the corners of the room. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026 It was informed by 23 roundtables and focus groups and more than 2,200 survey responses from nonprofits and volunteers. — Jennifer Sirangelo, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 In recent seasons, savvier players have kept quiet at roundtables to avoid drawing attention to themselves. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026 The team recorded podcasts and chef roundtables and filmed dishes for Plates, a video format developed with American Express and Resy. — Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026 The themes to watch out for There are several closed-door sessions on the agenda this year, as climate week joins the growing line-up of other sustainable fashion conferences leaning into off-record roundtables to drive candor and progress. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026

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Members sign up to a set of guidelines around victim protection, attend events and host seminars.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Brokers no longer face a mandatory 12-hour wait period between educational seminars and sales presentations.

— Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026

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In the eyes of the conferences, and CFP committee, the allure of a postseason bid is the carrot that would dangle in front of them so that fans would look the other way at the nonsense this creates for the football played in September or October.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
These conferences are hosted every four years by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and discuss measurement issues with member states worldwide.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

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Storyteller Overland Storyteller also enhances the rear’s role as a storage garage, adding MOLLE-style organizational panels to the underside of the bed.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
Floated earlier this year, a separate bid to have political appointees—rather than independent expert panels—decide grant recipients garnered significant backlash.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

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The loss spread like shock waves, resulting in thousands of comments across social media and online forums, as well as multiple essays from fans young and old.

— Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
The earliest guidebooks had included descriptions of places, but with the march of modernity, travelers could see photos of sites, contact guides and reserve accommodations in advance, and share information in online forums.

— Shay Rabineau, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

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