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 Kil noted that one of the features of the town hall remodel project will deaden the noise from the passing trains, which at times can drown out speakers during town meetings. 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
  • Abrami said during a panel discussion at the launch event.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The evening featured three panel discussions, delving into the need to support and protect health care professionals’ mental health, reimagining how innovation and a new approach to primary care could help people live longer at lower costs, and bridging gaps in women’s health.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Flanked by members of his caucus, Jeffries emphasized Democrats’ readiness to negotiate a bipartisan deal that protects federal healthcare programs and avoids a shutdown.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Our caucus is 217 members strong.
    John Parkinson, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • During the closing Neilah service after night has fallen, the practice concludes with the cries of the Shema prayer before the congregation erupts into song and dance.
    Krys'tal Griffin, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Timothy Jones, 48, said his family is part of another Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregation, or ward, about 15 minutes away, but that his children were at the Grand Blanc Township ward Saturday night for a youth fall festival.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He was charged with having a weapon at a public assembly or rally and going armed to the terror of people, both misdemeanors.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Pacheco, 39, who holds a college degree in sports education from Venezuela, was working at a school-bus assembly company.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 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
  • Where the symposium fostered a social dialogue, science provided its measurable foundation.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The group also maintains a prolific schedule of author talks, online symposiums and real-life get-togethers that all revolve around old-timey grub.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Both are also mandated to attend a parenting seminar within 60 days of the divorce filing.
    Sean Mandell, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Shrek The Third director Raman Hui, Elvis producer Schuyler Weiss and top execs from leading Japanese broadcasters Nippon TV and TBS are among the speakers set for the seminar program at this year’s TIFFCOM contents market in Tokyo.
    Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Sep. 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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