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
Kardel hopes San Diegans can attend the Dark Sky events this week, such as the star party and dark sky symposium at the Santa Ysabel Nature Center on Saturday, April 18, to learn from the researchers and take a look through a telescope to admire the sky.
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
The symposium continues into the weekend, with final sessions and events scheduled for Saturday.
—Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
There was, like, an entire science lecture about lunar eclipses as well as a history symposium on cultures scared silly over the astrological event.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
Congress could offer a symposium on the subject.
—Douglas MacKinnon, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2026
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
The symposium continues into the weekend, with final sessions and events scheduled for Saturday.
—Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
There was, like, an entire science lecture about lunar eclipses as well as a history symposium on cultures scared silly over the astrological event.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
Congress could offer a symposium on the subject.
—Douglas MacKinnon, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symposium
Noun
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The room was narrow and had only one window, and the seminar table was actually four small tables of different heights, which, shoved together, rocked back and forth like shifting tectonic plates.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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Founded in 1998 by Keith Raniere, Nxivm was known for its Executive Success Programs (or ESP), an executive coaching seminar that was taken by as many as 16,000 people over two decades.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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One flight to Australia will carry six passengers while another from the Netherlands will take 18 passengers, García said at the news conference Sunday.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Olympic sports spotlight The USC women’s tennis had one of its best seasons in recent memory, punctuated by its first Big Ten regular season title and first conference crown overall since 2015.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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Inside its aluminum alloy body and plastic top panel (which is made from waste recovered from the oceans) are four 5,000-mAh battery packs, for a total capacity of 20,000 mAh.—
Paul Ridden
May 12,
New Atlas,
12 May 2026
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Howard Lutnick questioned by House Oversight panel Assuming confirmation, Warsh, 56, will take over for Jerome Powell, whose 8-year stint at the helm will officially end Friday.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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“Symposium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symposium. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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