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symposium

[sim-poh-zee-uhm] / sɪmˈpoʊ zi əm /


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The “Anything But Bonds” trope will only end, Hartnett contends, if Warsh signals hawkish at the Jackson Hole symposium Aug. 28, and both the Fed and Bank of Japan tighten monetary policy in September.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

He expects that when Warsh makes his address at the Jackson Hole economic policy symposium on August 28, he must confirm tightening lies ahead.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

Alito, the court’s second-oldest member, felt ill during the March 20 dinner, which followed a Federalist Society symposium celebrating his 20 years on the bench.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

“Atomic Dragons,” wrapping April 4 with a closing-day symposium of nuclear experts, is the work of SWANS, which stands for Slow War Against the Nuclear State.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2026

“As part of our cover story with FARM, we were already planning to be there before Sinclair got involved. I’m on a symposium panel, and Sydney’s giving a speech at one of the rallies.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

The settlement includes $5,000 reserved in the provost’s office to pay for meeting expenses, events and symposia sponsored by the Carolina Black Caucus per year through June 2025, according to Hannah-Jones.

From Seattle Times Jul. 19, 2022

With this April 15 marking the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breaking baseball's color line, Major League Baseball will celebrate the occasion with great fanfare – with tributes, movies, TV specials, museum exhibits and symposia.

From Salon May 14, 2022

Finally, the Greeks took part in a range of cultural practices, from listening to traveling storytellers who recited the Iliad and Odyssey from memory to holding drawn-out drinking parties called symposia.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2020

You will be constantly invited to speak at conferences or attend symposia in places like Aspen and Davos.

From Slate Oct. 23, 2018

“We talked about physics,” Oppenheimer recalled, recognizing that Ernest’s intellectual interests were narrower than his own and that he might not be especially receptive to wide-ranging symposia on Eastern philosophy and Western art.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

With the goal of meeting other women my age, I began attending book signings, workshops or menopause symposiums solo so that I would be forced to work through my social anxiety and make conversation.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2024

Premier Li Qiang in March declared China open for business again, and since then provinces and cities from Sichuan to Chaozhou have sent delegations across the globe to pitch and invited investors to rare symposiums.

From Reuters Jul. 24, 2023

The 49-year-old political activist and lawyer won’t be a traditional full-time faculty member, the university says, but she will lecture, invite guest speakers, and host symposiums.

From Washington Times Apr. 5, 2023

And so I just kept writing more books and organizing symposiums and giving talks and whatever, assuming that if we piled up enough evidence, eventually our leaders would do the right thing.

From New York Times Jan. 18, 2023

Such symposiums were "features" that cost the newspapers only the writing of a number of letters, stationery, and postage.

From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) by Albert Bigelow Paine




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