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a meeting featuring a group discussion
  • recently attended a daylong symposium on new methods of chromatography

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The first known use of symposium was in 1711

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“Symposium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symposium. Accessed 9 Dec. 2021.

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