as in seminar
a meeting featuring a group discussion
recently attended a daylong symposium on new methods of chromatography
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Recent Examples of symposium
Kardel hopes San Diegans can attend the Dark Sky events this week, such as the star party and dark sky symposium at the Santa Ysabel Nature Center on Saturday, April 18, to learn from the researchers and take a look through a telescope to admire the sky.
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) is hosting its annual CEO symposium, bringing more than 250 members to MGM Grand Detroit.
—Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
There was, like, an entire science lecture about lunar eclipses as well as a history symposium on cultures scared silly over the astrological event.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
Congress could offer a symposium on the subject.
—Douglas MacKinnon, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2026
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) is hosting its annual CEO symposium, bringing more than 250 members to MGM Grand Detroit.
—Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
There was, like, an entire science lecture about lunar eclipses as well as a history symposium on cultures scared silly over the astrological event.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
Congress could offer a symposium on the subject.
—Douglas MacKinnon, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for symposium
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The church said there were roughly 30 people in the group and the disruption endangered staff, parishioners and visitors, and a seminar was underway at the time of the incident.—
Joe Kottke,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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The romancer, which bowed in SXSW, follows Julia (Hawke), a frustrated video game designer, and Charlie (Pullman), a struggling musician, having supernatural impacts on the world after attending a couples therapy seminar to repair their volatile relationship.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
1 May 2026
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At the end of Jefferson’s and Adams’s lives, their Hispanophone counterpart Simón Bolívar invited the United States to a conference of American nations in Panama.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The Heat have done enough in recent years to merit the right to step back, reset, not desperately chase fool’s gold in the belief of seizing on the perception of a down conference.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Sheagren also suggested that temporary murals, created on panels that can be taken down after a period of time, be considered as well.—
Jennifer Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Minnesota State Patrol, which oversees Capitol security, told a security panel last fall that the number of threats against state officials had more than doubled from 2024 to 2025.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Symposium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symposium. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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