as in panel discussion
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Recent Examples of town meeting
The affordable housing proposal for 152 Three Mile Harbor Road and 33 West Drive was introduced by Kirby Marcantonio, one of the four partners in contract to buy the land for the development, at a town meeting last week, the East Hampton Star reported.
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2025
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.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2025
If there was any doubt about how Fountain Hills leaders felt about a proposal to eliminate the time for the public to address them at town meetings, a councilman's suggestion at the top of the session Nov. 18 removed it.
—Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 19 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
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2025
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.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2025
If there was any doubt about how Fountain Hills leaders felt about a proposal to eliminate the time for the public to address them at town meetings, a councilman's suggestion at the top of the session Nov. 18 removed it.
—Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 19 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for town meeting
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By the time the panel discussion started the room was filled with around 30 attendees of various ages and races.—
J.M. Banks
March 31,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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Former Braves pitcher Paul Byrd will serve as the event’s emcee and Kelly Crull of 680 The Fan will lead a panel discussion on the legacy of Snitker.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Senate Democratic caucus is made up of 47 members, who would all but certainly oppose the move, along with many Senate Republicans.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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But finding Congress members to co-chair the revived caucus has proven difficult, Ilechie told Semafor.—
Adrian Elimian,
semafor.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Members of the congregation can decide to extend Good Friday fasting until the Easter vigil.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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He was asked to anoint one member of his congregation, a Guatemalan immigrant who worked at a local meatpacking plant and often came to the church before work to pray.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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The stands serve as sites of passing assembly—roadside water coolers—and repositories of gossip and news.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Full-palm tactile sensing allows the robot to continue manipulating objects even when cameras are obstructed or when precise force control is required, such as in assembly tasks.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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Casey said the synod, the first in the 19-county archdiocese since 1971, will be designed to give all Catholics an opportunity to weigh in on issues that are important to them.—
Dan Horn,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
28 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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But tonight , the story of FDR’s visit to Miami will be retold at a symposium at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida in downtown Miami, a stone’s throw from the courthouse where Zangara was sentenced to die.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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There is a historic relationship between visual art and nuclear war, said Jim Walsh, a senior research associate at the MIT Security Studies Program on nuclear weapons risk issues in Iran and North Korea, who is also a speaker at the exhibit’s closing symposium.—
Chloe Shrager,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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There will also be carnival rides and games, eating contests, cooking demonstrations, wine seminars, food booths selling Italian favorites, as well as The Moretti Beer Garden and the Spritz Del Conte Wine Garden.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Disney Food & Wine Festival runs through April 27 at Disney California Adventure with local, celebrity and Disney chefs offering cooking tips during culinary demonstrations, tasting seminars and signature events.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
30 Mar. 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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