town meeting

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Recent Examples of town meeting Its citizens could hold town meetings at the Austin center named for late Austin Mayor Lester Palmer, who died, by the way, in Forth Worth on Sept. 21, 2003 at age 94. Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for town meeting
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Noun
  • Attendees experienced a dynamic mix of panel discussions, live performances, workshops, and industry mixers, all culminating in the Touring Awards Ceremony.
    Evan Burke, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Stay tuned Thursday for complete panel coverage, followed Monday by the release of the streaming site featuring all the panel discussions.
    The Deadline Team, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Progressive caucus members have also discussed legislation to tighten the reporting requirements for multinational corporations who might shift profits into tax havens offshore.
    Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • For two decades, Hoyer was the House Democratic caucus's second-in-command, behind House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi of California.
    Nikole Killion, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Davis said another way AI has been helpful is communicating with the congregation.
    Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The church where the incident took place serves mostly a Tongan congregation, the AP noted.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Plus, there’s no need to call a handyman to set up your new furniture, as assembly is as simple as snapping the metal base onto the seat.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Sucre was once home to several fish processing plants, an auto assembly plant and a large public university, all of which offered well-paying jobs.
    NPR, NPR, 8 Nov. 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
  • The organization is based in Del Mar, but UC San Diego in La Jolla is a host university for the symposium.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Haidt’s comments came as part of a symposium organized by Dartmouth economics professor David Blanchflower, whose work has previously been covered in Fortune.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Special guests and experts will lead seminars on fishing, gardening and cooking on three separate stages.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The event is part of the Northwest Health HealthyU series, a community program that provides free seminars on various health and wellness topics.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 11 Jan. 2026.

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