as in seminar
a meeting featuring a group discussion
recently attended a daylong symposium on new methods of chromatography
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Last month's Beef Country Beef Conference at the Taylor County Expo Center featured an array of topics for cattle producers — not the least of which was the topic that led the day-long symposium.
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Ronald W. Erdrich, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
This year’s symposium has set a high bar to follow.
—Caryn Rose, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
And Powell also nodded to that possibility in his keynote speech last month at the Kansas City Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Blanchflower confirmed that Dartmouth and the UN are co-hosting a symposium in New Hampshire in late October, with guests including Jonathan Haidt and Robert Putnam.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025
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Ronald W. Erdrich, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
This year’s symposium has set a high bar to follow.
—Caryn Rose, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
And Powell also nodded to that possibility in his keynote speech last month at the Kansas City Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Blanchflower confirmed that Dartmouth and the UN are co-hosting a symposium in New Hampshire in late October, with guests including Jonathan Haidt and Robert Putnam.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symposium
Noun
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But the Guttenfelders didn’t worry until one day, when the two were at a seminar together, Ni left to go to the bathroom, and came back in excruciating pain, Jeff said.—
Ciara McCarthy
September 9,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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Pughsley reportedly organized annual training seminars held each August to prepare the bookmakers for the start of the college football season, when most of the wagers are placed by RED44 bettors during the year.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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From 1947 to 1954, Jenkins hosted summer music conferences in Steinhall, which brought together top composers and teachers to discuss music composition, materials, and new music trends.—
Sarah Biegelsen,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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Oregon-Northwestern and USC-Purdue officially kicked off the Big Ten’s conference schedule on Saturday, but things really heat up around the league in Week 4, with most of the nonconference pleasantries over with and the march to Indianapolis in full swing.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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The panel issued over 100 recommendations, from limiting cash bail for misdemeanors to expanding racial equity training for prosecutors.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Four out of five justices on a Brazilian Supreme Court panel voted to convict Bolsonaro on all five counts in the landmark case, and to sentence him to 27 years and three months in prison.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Symposium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symposium. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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