town meeting

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Recent Examples of town meeting Councilor Kenneth McClary, a strong Wong supporter, cautioned at the annual town meeting in early May that budget reductions would hurt citizens. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2025 That’s why the recent decision by the Manchester-by-the-Sea Board of Health to ignore town meeting voters is so egregious. Peter Brennan, Boston Herald, 26 May 2025 Meanwhile, town meetings will be held either at the Baugher Center of the Westchester Public Library or at the Duneland School Corporation chambers. Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025 Weaving intimate storylines of its nuanced residents, tense debates at town meetings and forays into its rich history, Creede USA offers a hopeful, humanistic and urgent glimpse at a community that must continually negotiate its common ground. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for town meeting
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Noun
  • Carscoops reports Toyota announced the decision during a panel discussion ahead of the Japan Mobility Show, which opens to the public on October 31 in Tokyo.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to receiving the honor, the Mexican superstar will participate in a panel discussion during Latin Music Week.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Republicans have pleaded for five members of the Democratic caucus to join the three who have already crossed party lines to back a reopening in recent weeks, but have seen their calls stonewalled as the remaining 44 Democrats have remained united.
    Al Weaver, The Hill, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The same three senators from the Democratic caucus who have voted with Republicans on previous votes — John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Nevada’s Catherine Cortez Masto, as well as Angus King of Maine, one of two independents in the caucus — did so again on Wednesday.
    Kevin Breuninger,Erin Doherty, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Plus, their father was the deacon of the local Catholic congregation – all the more reason to maintain a saintly lifestyle.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Funds from the sale have gone to renovate First Lutheran for three culturally specific congregations that will soon outfit the church with new services targeted to their own communities.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The tensions have prompted concerns of possible auto plant shutdowns, since the chips Nexperia makes are critical to the assembly of the cars and trucks in which they’re installed.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
  • This large assembly facility has been the production site for the Lincoln Navigator since 2009, and is known for its advanced manufacturing techniques.
    Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In July, its members voted to keep the church open and hand its administration over to the synod, which will make decisions about its future.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • So too has his radical approach to inclusivity that welcomed the non-ordained faithful, including members of the LGBTQ+ community and lay women, to sit with bishops and contribute their thoughts on issues of church doctrine in meetings called synods.
    Aryn Baker, Time, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Rull said her boss, Cutié, also didn’t know how the $150,000 for the rodeo and the mayors’ symposium was added to Aviation’s budget.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Sulwhasoo’s research with Johns Hopkins University is ongoing, and the company will continue to host the symposium annually to unveil additional research.
    Emily Burns, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Zhao also wants to improve the office’s community engagement and hold workshops and seminars to ensure people understand property tax laws.
    Grace Hase, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In 2024, Havens and Christopher Celenza, Dean of Johns Hopkins’ Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, hosted a virtual seminar on the history of misinformation.
    Big Think, Big Think, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At a recent colloquium on critical materials for AI hosted by Professor Alondra Nelson at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton New Jersey, researchers lamented that confidentiality concerns often prevented forensic accounting of material needs for AI.
    Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Shirley Manson has a special connection with Argentina, particularly with its feminist movements; the singer even participated in a colloquium there in 2019.
    Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2025

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