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as in symposium
a meeting featuring a group discussion
a public forum called to find out how residents felt about a large discount store being built in their neighborhood
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as in tribunal
an assembly of persons for the administration of justice
a jury may have acquitted Lizzie Borden, but she was guilty of murder in the forum of public opinion
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Some details expected to be hashed out Thursday include when four candidate forums, effectively mini-debates, will occur, and if any of them will be moderated on live television, as well as voting and balloting procedures.
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Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
Additionally, the party will host four forums, both in person and virtually, for the candidates to make their cases to the sitting committee members.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
Rhetoric that was once more at home on 4chan or 8chan was spreading to other forums.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
Join expat forums to get a feel or, even better, take a scouting trip and test drive your new life.
—Cepee Tabibian, Contributor, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
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Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
Additionally, the party will host four forums, both in person and virtually, for the candidates to make their cases to the sitting committee members.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
Rhetoric that was once more at home on 4chan or 8chan was spreading to other forums.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
Join expat forums to get a feel or, even better, take a scouting trip and test drive your new life.
—Cepee Tabibian, Contributor, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
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Fain has added his own twists, planning a once-a-year symposium that incorporates local women’s rights advocates, local therapists and a representative from A Call to Men.Matt Villano, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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Image As part of the events program around the Neue Nationalgalerie show, the museum announced a daylong symposium to discuss how the conflict in Gaza was polarizing artists in Germany.Alex Marshall, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Consider a large e-commerce platform that processes millions of transactions daily.Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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The contract between Yes and Netflix ended in 2023 and the series was pulled from the platform but sold to multiple networks and streamers worldwide, including on IZZY in Israel.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
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Art exhibit about misogyny was only open to women — until a man complained In September the supreme court quashed the tribunal’s ruling, and MONA this week announced that the Ladies Lounge will reopen for a lap of honor from Thursday until mid-January, 2025.Elizabeth Fortescue, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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Civilian courts were replaced with military tribunals, and the military controlled many aspects of daily life until the territory returned to civilian governance in 1944.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Each of them will be on-site, presenting pairings and seminars throughout the extended weekend.Brad Japhe, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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After the seminar, Mondragon loaded up his white pickup truck with boxes of N95 masks, face shields and goggles to take back to his job site and share with the other workers.Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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Rice–Eccles Stadium, an outdoor college football venue at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, stands against a stunning mountain backdrop.Chris DiLella,Andrea Day, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
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Other dining and drinking venues at the Sydney Opera House include Midden by Mark Olive, on the Western Broadwalk; House Canteen, on the lower concourse; and the pre-theater Lounge, in the entry foyer on the main box office level.Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024
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The court’s ruling, however, wiped out the 2018 changes and established a date of Feb. 21, 2025, for a new minimum wage scale and paid sick time policy to take effect.Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2024
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Charges in the Wisconsin fake elector case have advanced after the first court hearing.JR Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
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In that notebook, he is alleged to have written about wanting to target a CEO at a conference with a gun and expressed that such a method was preferable to other means — like a bomb or some other explosive device — so others wouldn’t be harmed.Patrick Smith, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Thompson, 50, was shot from behind on the sidewalk outside a New York City Hilton hotel Dec. 4 before a shareholder conference.Greg Wehner, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
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The appeals panel voted 2-1 to disqualify Willis, throwing the future of the case into doubt.Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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The panel ran through their wide range of guesses for Wasp, which included B2K, Bell Biv DeVoe, Blackstreet, Bone Thungs-N-Harmony, Boyz II Men, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jonas Brothers and Tony!Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Forum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forum. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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