as in symposium
a meeting featuring a group discussion
a seminar bringing together the world's leading epidemiologists
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Recent Examples of seminar
Later, teaching a seminar at Stanford, Cowley had Ken Kesey as a student and managed to obtain his first novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and then the even better Sometimes a Great Notion.
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Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Both Kidman and Urban were also required to attend a parenting seminar within 60 days of the divorce filing.
—Lizzie Hyman, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
The report notes that the Far North Freefall Club has mandated divers to carry hook knives and will include footage of the accident in training seminars.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
This summer, Bobby taught two seminars at a convention sponsored by an LGBTQ+ nonprofit organization called Haunters Against Hate.
—Julie Klausner, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
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Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Both Kidman and Urban were also required to attend a parenting seminar within 60 days of the divorce filing.
—Lizzie Hyman, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
The report notes that the Far North Freefall Club has mandated divers to carry hook knives and will include footage of the accident in training seminars.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
This summer, Bobby taught two seminars at a convention sponsored by an LGBTQ+ nonprofit organization called Haunters Against Hate.
—Julie Klausner, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seminar
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The company shared interim data from its ongoing 30-patient Sola™ feasibility study at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2025, the world’s leading symposium in interventional cardiovascular medicine, organized by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
17 Jan. 2026
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An introduction by cast members and a post-screening symposium involving experts from a wide range of fields should make for quite a night.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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Parents who had been separated from their medically needy children over abuse investigations spoke at the news conference.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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In photos with a post Friday on X, Cornyn is seen outside the plant, in a conference room and viewing a Cybercab up close alongside Musk and an employee with the battery engineering team.—
Andrea Guzmán,
Austin American Statesman,
12 Jan. 2026
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Though the sequence of how they were fired is unclear, within moments a panel on the train’s interior would end up with a bullet hole, and Cabey with a serious gunshot wound.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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Picture a bunch of people descending in private jets to eat steak and appear on panels about alleviating poverty and fighting climate change (among other noble goals), while clinking cocktail glasses with other fellow rich people in an effort to make one another even richer.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Seminar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seminar. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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