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Recent Examples of town meeting
It was put together following a major overhaul that saw its advisory board scrapped in favor of a series of open hall town meetings with industry across the UK attended by last year’s chair Jane Tranter and creative director Rowan Woods.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2025
Complaint about evangelizing prompts move on public comment Weeks before the council voted to eliminate public comment, Fountain Hills resident Bethany Culp complained about a Sept. 16 town meeting.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2025
At a crowded special town meeting attended by roughly 1,500 residents on Tuesday night, more than 70% backed a measure allowing homeowners to rent out their properties without any requirements on length of stay.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
The proposal had faced strong resistance from nearby residents, who packed recent town meetings to raise concerns about noise, power, water use and the town’s character.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2025
Complaint about evangelizing prompts move on public comment Weeks before the council voted to eliminate public comment, Fountain Hills resident Bethany Culp complained about a Sept. 16 town meeting.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2025
At a crowded special town meeting attended by roughly 1,500 residents on Tuesday night, more than 70% backed a measure allowing homeowners to rent out their properties without any requirements on length of stay.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
The proposal had faced strong resistance from nearby residents, who packed recent town meetings to raise concerns about noise, power, water use and the town’s character.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for town meeting
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Exhibit launches are free and available to hotel guests and the public, offering engaging panel discussions and live music.—
Emma Kershaw,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Industry Focus brings together film and TV film professionals across the UK, Europe and beyond for a program of panel discussions, networking sessions and screening covering topics critical to the screen sector.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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King repeatedly voted to reopen the government during the last shutdown, bucking his caucus.—
Garrett Downs,Emily Wilkins,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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Senate Democratic leadership said the caucus will reject the entire package unless DHS funding is split off and renegotiated separately.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Welcome Baptist Church reports the shooting did not involve members of the congregation.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2026
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The greenery, towering 20 feet above the congregation, brought scents of the forest into the Abbey, and it was said at the time to reflect the couple’s love of the countryside.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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After police declared an unlawful assembly and issued a dispersal order, several people who refused to leave were arrested, authorities said.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Topline Several people were arrested in the Minneapolis suburb of Maple Grove on Monday night, after police declared unlawful assembly after protestors gathered outside a hotel believed to be housing Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino, who is expected to leave Minnesota soon.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
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The restaurant’s nonprofit, MAD, is also continuing its speaker series here in Los Angeles for symposiums on cooking, sustainability and more.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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The company shared interim data from its ongoing 30-patient Sola™ feasibility study at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2025, the world’s leading symposium in interventional cardiovascular medicine, organized by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
17 Jan. 2026
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The event will feature multiple seminar options for attendees to pick from.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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But at VanWineFest, the seminars are where the real magic happens.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Sander’s great-grandson sold the painting at auction in 2021 to the Art Institute of Chicago, which recently hosted a colloquium on the work.3 Nineteen twenty-five was a heady year for photography and art in Weimar Germany.—
Noam M. Elcott,
Artforum,
1 Nov. 2025
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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
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“Town meeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/town%20meeting. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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