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town meetings

noun

plural of town meeting
as in panel discussions

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  1. panel discussions
  2. caucuses
  3. seminars
  4. congregations
  5. assemblies
  6. panels
Noun
  • The focus this year is on tasting Festbiers, a fine and timely showcase for maltiness, and there will be live music, panel discussions from farmers and brewers and food in the form of smashburgers, pulled pork and vegan brats.
    — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The Perspectives strand features moderated panel discussions on the state of the global screen industries.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of panel discussions
Noun
  • Republicans are already committed to making the Iowa caucuses their first contest in 2028, and delaying the Democratic caucus could reinforce the idea that Democrats don’t prioritize rural voters, the Iowa presenters said.
    — Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada have traditionally been among the first states to hold presidential primaries or caucuses, although neither party has set its formal presidential primary and caucus calendar yet.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025
Definition of caucuses
Noun
  • As for thought leadership, Waanders wants to continue having seminars on such subjects as the role of public art and issues related to race, class, and gender in the arts.
    — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Nattiv was young when his grandmother started to participate in activities held by the cult, which included talks, seminars and free dancing sessions.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of seminars
Noun
  • Eventually, the conservatives succeeded; the denomination finally divided in a schism in 2024, with more than seventy-six hundred congregations leaving to join a conservative Global Methodist Church.
    — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
  • From 2015 to 2025, the sect’s congregations in Idaho experienced 15 preventable deaths of children, according to ProPublica’s reporting.
    — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of congregations
Noun
  • But even the regions that have adopted citizens’ assemblies are a long way off from achieving Landemore’s vision.
    — Esther King, The Dial, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Gamera uses four landing-gear assemblies positioned inside the two fuselages, allowing weapons to be carried beneath the center section without interfering with the nose gear.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of assemblies
Noun
  • Floating panels expand solar Floating solar can provide developers with another option when suitable land is limited or competing land uses make conventional solar projects difficult to build.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Moore and Farmer will participate in those panels and public discussions around the film.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of panels
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“Town meetings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/town%20meetings. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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