as in seminar
a meeting featuring a group discussion
recently attended a daylong symposium on new methods of chromatography
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Recent Examples of symposium
Salinas said a record 141 students took part in the symposium last September, and over 700 students from Yolo County have participated since its inception nine years earlier.
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
There’s also Blackstar’s Filmmaker Seminar, a three-day symposium held annually at Stanford, and the Luminary Gala, a fundraising event and awards ceremony.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 May 2026
Mike Thomas brought up at the symposium.
—Julie Sharp, CBS News, 13 May 2026
Now, just as congressional investigators are escalating a formal inquiry into the project, a separate program closely aligned with the fossil fuel industry and free-market conservatives is hosting a symposium for 150 judges in Nashville, Tennessee.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 2 May 2026
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
There’s also Blackstar’s Filmmaker Seminar, a three-day symposium held annually at Stanford, and the Luminary Gala, a fundraising event and awards ceremony.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 May 2026
Mike Thomas brought up at the symposium.
—Julie Sharp, CBS News, 13 May 2026
Now, just as congressional investigators are escalating a formal inquiry into the project, a separate program closely aligned with the fossil fuel industry and free-market conservatives is hosting a symposium for 150 judges in Nashville, Tennessee.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 2 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symposium
Noun
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This week, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted by 458 to 201 to limit A grades to no more than 20 percent of students in a class, plus four additional A’s to accommodate smaller seminars.—
Sage Lattman,
airmail.news,
28 May 2026
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Not every meeting benefits from turning into a seminar.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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The start-up scene, with its conferences, workshops, and accelerators; its Silicon Valley–like culture; its foreign investors and advisers; looked to him and others like the leading edge of such a threat.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Pop-ups, sampling programs, wild posting campaigns, street teams, projections, conference-adjacent stunts and retail activations are strategies that move in the real world and multiply across AI.—
Adam Salacuse,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The rooms All 96 rooms and 33 suites have been wonderfully updated with things like proximity key cards and bedside control panels.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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On Tuesday, however, the federation learned that the CAS panel had largely rejected its arguments but has annulled the first sanction’s partial-stadium closure.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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“Symposium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symposium. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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