Thesaurus results for TOWN MEETING

town meeting

noun

Definition of town meeting

as in panel discussion

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Recent Examples of town meeting According to Blahunka, almost 60 people attended the April 14 annual town meeting, based on the meeting’s sign-in sheet. — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026 Surely no one thought the entire population of 13 states could work like a town meeting. — Barbara Clark Smith, The Conversation, 4 May 2026 Longtime colleagues excoriated one another in internal town meetings. — Steven F. Wilson, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026 He’s also been involved in local issues, speaking at town meetings and backing community projects. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for town meeting

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Noun

Uptown Charlotte and homelessness Center City Partners also held a panel discussion on the rise of homelessness, particularly people living outside in uptown and Mecklenburg County.

— Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, district judge of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, attends a panel discussion at the annual American Bar Association (ABA) Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025.

— Jeffrey Kopp, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of panel discussion

Noun

In Axios, Andrew Solender covers the two-vote rebellion against Jeffries on the floor this week, and the fury at the rest of the caucus at Blue Dogs who gave Republicans a win.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026
In fact, dissent within the House’s Republican caucus prevented them from agreeing on their own measure to keep the government open; instead, the House simply adopted a version of the spending bill that had previously passed the Senate.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of caucus

Noun

Cue an increasingly fraught war of words — and, eventually and inevitably, other very American weapons — in the congregation, with even the good preacher tiring of turning the other cheek.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026
Montilus said many Haitian members of her congregation, legal or not, are afraid to leave their homes for church.

— Nathan Lee, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of congregation

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The testimony of the gay men, contained in annexes published on the Vatican's synod website, featured moving accounts of how one, from Portugal, came to terms with his homosexuality and married his husband.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 May 2026
Leo, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost, spent two weeks sitting with Fuanya at the same table during Pope Francis’ 2024 big meeting, or synod, on the family.

— Nicole Winfield, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026

Definition of synod

Noun

Those reading the tea leaves even focused on how Warsh kicked off his speech at the economic policy symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

— Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Instead, the group has donated to the University of Florida’s foundation and has helped to underwrite McCurdy’s annual kratom symposium, attended by about 100 scientists, to promote research into kratom’s therapeutic potential.

— Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of symposium

Noun

While his hit-and-run is investigated as a hate crime, the narrator, who is teaching a seminar on autofiction, is more focused on his entanglement with his colleague, Lucie.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
The four applicants will attend online sessions, tailored mentorship through specialist seminars and workshops, and in-person intensives in London.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of seminar

Noun

Like the inaugural colloquium in 2024, the event will conclude with a gala dinner accompanied by live music.

— Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
McGill’s superbly nuanced calls, runs, and trills elicited commentary from a second audience, perched in the trees above—a colloquium of finches, towhees, titmice, kingbirds, juncos, and Eurasian collared doves.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

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