as in seminar
a meeting featuring a group discussion
a round-robin to discuss the epidemic of performance-enhancing drugs plaguing professional sports
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Recent Examples of round-robin
Researchers had 39 participants engage in a round-robin speed-dating experiment.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
This is when fans can submit ticket applications for individual group-stage matches (the tournament’s opening round in which groups of teams face off round-robin–style before the teams with the best records advance to the single-elimination knockout-round bracket).
—Meredith Heil Bock, AFAR Media, 8 Sep. 2025
In April, World Sevens held its first event in Estoril, Portugal, which featured two days of round-robin group play among eight teams followed by a single-day knockout tournament.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Saturday and Sunday mark the end of a year-long gauntlet across qualifying, regional and round-robin brackets.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
This is when fans can submit ticket applications for individual group-stage matches (the tournament’s opening round in which groups of teams face off round-robin–style before the teams with the best records advance to the single-elimination knockout-round bracket).
—Meredith Heil Bock, AFAR Media, 8 Sep. 2025
In April, World Sevens held its first event in Estoril, Portugal, which featured two days of round-robin group play among eight teams followed by a single-day knockout tournament.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Saturday and Sunday mark the end of a year-long gauntlet across qualifying, regional and round-robin brackets.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for round-robin
Noun
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Both are also mandated to attend a parenting seminar within 60 days of the divorce filing.—
Sean Mandell,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Shrek The Third director Raman Hui, Elvis producer Schuyler Weiss and top execs from leading Japanese broadcasters Nippon TV and TBS are among the speakers set for the seminar program at this year’s TIFFCOM contents market in Tokyo.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Where the symposium fostered a social dialogue, science provided its measurable foundation.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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The group also maintains a prolific schedule of author talks, online symposiums and real-life get-togethers that all revolve around old-timey grub.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That’s the mindset Steichen wants his whole team to embody in a conference that, outside of the 4-1 Bills, feels wide open.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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In the wake of the attack, the LDS Church increased security at its twice-annual general conference over the weekend.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Launched as an event program in Japan and Korea, 100 sees teams of amateur and celebrity performers seek to make combined ages of exactly 100, and score a perfect 100 from the audience and panel during a comedy musical guessing game.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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The left side of the dress featured a completely open panel that put her side boob, torso, hips and leg on full view.—
Starr Bowenbank,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Round-robin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/round-robin. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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