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or less commonly round tables
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
Related Stories The event offers exclusive professional screenings of upcoming 2025–26 releases plus roundtables and presentations focused on new tools for marketing and theatrical promotion.
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Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
This year’s event once again hosts panels, marquee conversations, roundtables, networking and activations, in addition to its celebrated Billboard En Vivo showcases.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
Now two people who once served at Defending Education have been named to posts in the Education Department, and leaders from Moms for Liberty have joined McMahon for roundtables and other official events.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
In her new position, Galuppo will continue to break news and write in-depth features for both THR’s print magazine and website, as well as booking and moderating panels and roundtables.
—Thr Staff, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
As usual, there will also be panel sessions, content showcases, the MIA Buyers’ Club, the C EU Soon work-in-progress program, market screenings, networking sessions, workshops, roundtables and conferences.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
First, exploratory roundtables with UK directors across sectors, identifying how executives thought about GenAI—what excited them, what worried them.
—London Business School, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
This year’s event once again hosts panels, marquee conversations, roundtables, networking and activations, in addition to its celebrated Billboard En Vivo showcases.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
Now two people who once served at Defending Education have been named to posts in the Education Department, and leaders from Moms for Liberty have joined McMahon for roundtables and other official events.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
In her new position, Galuppo will continue to break news and write in-depth features for both THR’s print magazine and website, as well as booking and moderating panels and roundtables.
—Thr Staff, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
As usual, there will also be panel sessions, content showcases, the MIA Buyers’ Club, the C EU Soon work-in-progress program, market screenings, networking sessions, workshops, roundtables and conferences.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
First, exploratory roundtables with UK directors across sectors, identifying how executives thought about GenAI—what excited them, what worried them.
—London Business School, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roundtables
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The gathering included a pitch competition and seminars to help entrepreneurs of color win contracts with corporations and institutions.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Since opening, the King Drive location has hosted dozens of events, including acting as one of the official brunch locations for Bronzeville Week 2025 and hosting smaller community events like open mic nights and business seminars.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Timberwolves-Knicks game features two contenders in their respective conferences.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Consensus, one of the world's biggest crypto conferences in North America, expanded to Hong Kong for the first time this year, and plans to return in 2026.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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It’s designed with side-smoothing panels, separated cups, and wide, adjustable straps.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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According to researchers, these losses vary widely due to differences in climate and system design, including module tilt angle, height, and layout, which determine how effectively snow sheds from panels.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Rather than focusing only on events designed for networking, broaden your list to include open houses, community forums, conferences, and any other meeting where people from your field (or from a variety of professions) might be gathered.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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Employers can create weekly forums where employees can share both AI successes and failures without judgment, then reallocate budgets away from underperforming AI experiments to pilots that are showing success.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Roundtables.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundtables. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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