town meeting

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Recent Examples on the Web Residents packed a town meeting to express their outrage. Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 23 June 2024 He is mentioned in a 2017 newspaper article for speaking out at a town meeting against a resolution pledging to create a welcoming environment for immigrants, including undocumented ones. Richard Fausset, New York Times, 10 June 2024 The film's conflict occurs primarily in a single scene: a town meeting wherein two developers (pictured here) show face among locals in a haphazard attempt to garner community support for their plans. Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2024 Emergency management officials passed out a list of evacuation procedures to worried residents at a Wednesday evening town meeting meant to mitigate panic. CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for town meeting 
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Noun
  • The vibrant lineup featured a mix of exclusive panel discussions, electrifying performances, and engaging workshops, all designed to connect fans and industry professionals alike.
    Quincy Green, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2024
  • An array of Silicon Valley Reads events — including author talks, panel discussions, demonstrations, story times and more — will take place in February and March 2025.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Harris recalled traveling to Springfield, Ill., 17 years ago as a then-underdog and first-term senator from Illinois, Obama, announced his presidential campaign, and knocking on doors for him in snowy Iowa on New Year’s Eve, days before the state’s caucuses.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The intrigue: If Democrats take back control of the House and she's elected, Jacobs plans to expand her leadership role in the Democratic caucus and run for vice chair.
    Andrew Keatts, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The two brothers most recently both attended the funeral of their uncle Lord Fellowes in Norfolk, north-east England, where they were not reported to have spoken despite sitting in the same congregation.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Graham, a Southern Baptist minister born in Charlotte, North Carolina, initially positioned himself as an advocate for integration, preaching to mixed congregations and championing a colorblind view of the Kingdom of God.
    Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
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  • In 1876, Denton began assembly of type and equipment to publish a newspaper; the first issue of the Batesville Guard was published on Jan. 11, 1877.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Tangent Republicans control both the State assembly and Senate in Wisconsin, and the governor’s office is held by Democrat Tony Evers.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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  • At previous synods, women were only allowed more marginal roles of observers or experts, literally seated in the last row of the audience hall while the bishops and cardinals took the front rows and voted.
    Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In the Polish Pope’s world view, anti-Communism and traditionalism were inextricably combined; for him, renewal had spread out of control, and the regional synods were part of the problem.
    Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • The gift will also support cutting-edge clinical trials and immunotherapy treatments, along with a fellowship program that encourages collaboration among scientists through an annual symposium.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Content by this author: Continuity and Change in African Cultures A symposium of anthropological essays on a variety of cultural, economic and social topics.
    Melville J. Herskovits, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The event, which also encompasses the Tokyo Gap-Financing Market and the Tokyo Story Market, has significantly expanded its seminar programming this year, moving from a single venue to three locations and increasing from seven to fifteen sessions.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Zoom in: Duarte leads seminars on gender, reproductive health, and human rights and has fiercely advocated for public policies that promote equity for Afro-Mexicans.
    Russell Contreras, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In 2021 and 2022, Cannon took weeklong trips to the luxurious Sage Lodge in Pray, Montana, for legal colloquiums sponsored by George Mason, which named its law school for Scalia thanks to $30 million in gifts that conservative judicial kingmaker Leonard Leo helped organize.
    Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2024
  • In 2017 Perlin organized a colloquium on Eunice Foote (an American scientist who, in 1856, was the first to argue that putting greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere could cause climate change).
    Eugene Linden, TIME, 21 Apr. 2024

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