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colloquium

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Definition of colloquium

as in symposium

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Recent Examples of colloquium But this did not go down well with some of the colloquium guests. — Tania Roettger, The Dial, 5 Dec. 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 In the math department, there were people running this colloquium series called Math and Social Responsibility — very Berkeley-like. — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024 In this colloquium, Teddy Tzanetos, JPL’s assembly, test, operations lead and ground support designer will present the project’s inception, its operational goals and capabilities, and what its success may mean for space exploration. — IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2021 See All Example Sentences for colloquium

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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
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

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In lectures and seminars, his cleft palate caused his voice to be muted and his pronunciation at times unclear.

— Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
Some 20 years ago, Mary-Claire King was asked to hold a seminar at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.

— Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026

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Speaking Tuesday at Sportico’s Invest conference in London, Wrexham AFC non-executive director and former English Football League CEO Shaun Harvey said the soccer community needs to be thinking beyond this one case.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2026
The presidents and chancellors of Clemson, Florida State, Miami and North Carolina sent a letter last week to House leaders seeking to increase the bill's membership cap for conferences from 20 to 22 schools.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

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While most of the system’s weight rests on its clear base, it is held upright by an adjustable stand that connects near the top of the system’s back panel and extends outward to form an A-frame ladder.

— Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026
The silhouette, which brought back the trend of years gone by, was equipped with a panel on the front adorned with floral motifs, pearls and vines, all in gold that, from afar, looked like sequins.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026

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