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talkathon

noun

Definition of talkathon

as in symposium

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Recent Examples of talkathon Even with Ralph Fiennes, one of our finest stage actors, portraying Moses, the play often comes across as an information-shoveling talkathon. — Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022 At this point any real progress on immigration (other than the aforementioned mini-deal) is a long shot, so the talkathon in the Senate, however interesting and healthy, may represent little more than wind in the sails of a ship going nowhere. — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 13 Feb. 2018 Wearing four-inch heels and forgoing any breaks, Pelosi spent much of the rare talkathon reading personal letters from the young immigrants whose temporary protection from deportation is set to expire next month. — Steve Peoples and Alan Fram, Houston Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018

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Some of the symposium's organizers, like Ashley Mason, a clinical psychologist at the University of California, San Francisco, acknowledge their goal is partly to dispel the whiff of wellness hype.

— Will Stone, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026
For The Times) UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk’s statement to distance the university from a law school symposium on 9/11 has promoted growing faculty backlash over academic freedom.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of symposium

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Representing more than 30,000 composers and songwriters across 57 member organizations, ECSA had a strong presence in Ghent, hosting a roundtable before receiving this year’s WSA Industry Award.

— Ben Croll, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
But there’s also plenty of acrimony and recrimination in the aftermath of the school board election and one final confrontation between King and Paul Martino at a roundtable that leaves little doubt that tensions are still simmering.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of roundtable

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No discussion of nuclear deterrence should ever lose sight of the human lives behind those words.

— Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Those discussions reveal how employees think and give managers a chance to coach reasoning, not just review the final deliverable.

— Samir Dutta, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of discussion

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Every year, Noting’s fan community elects a community board observer, a volunteer who attends the company’s quarterly board meetings and presents customers’ views on products and launches to its directors.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
That same year one of the scientists who first uncovered the existence of GRBs, Ray Klebesadel of the clandestine Los Alamos National Laboratory, gave a talk at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of meeting

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Giving Americans $1,000 or $5,000 invested in a technology index is a straightforward idea; The source and use of the funds will likely be of great debate.

— Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Congress weighs competing proposals Anthropic’s draft enters a crowded legislative debate over how the United States should regulate frontier AI.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of debate

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Brian Romick, the president of Democratic Majority for Israel, put out an issue framework last month in an attempt to move the conversation from the language to the actual policy.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Miller's attempt to recast the conversation about his divorce echoed efforts by other candidates who are struggling to overcome concerns about their character.

— Lara Korte The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of conversation

Noun

Another day, popular trading card content creator and dealer Kyle Kravitz, known for his King of Kards brand, might spend an hour negotiating deals with users through the live online chat room while most viewers simply watch along.

— Larry Holder, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Time stamps seen in the photos show Thornton remained in the chat room for nearly an hour.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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