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Recent Examples of town meeting
That’s why the recent decision by the Manchester-by-the-Sea Board of Health to ignore town meeting voters is so egregious.
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Peter Brennan, Boston Herald, 26 May 2025
Councilor Kenneth McClary, a strong Wong supporter, cautioned at the annual town meeting in early May that budget reductions would hurt citizens.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2025
Weaving intimate storylines of its nuanced residents, tense debates at town meetings and forays into its rich history, Creede USA offers a hopeful, humanistic and urgent glimpse at a community that must continually negotiate its common ground.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
Kil noted that one of the features of the town hall remodel project will deaden the noise from the passing trains, which at times can drown out speakers during town meetings.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
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Peter Brennan, Boston Herald, 26 May 2025
Councilor Kenneth McClary, a strong Wong supporter, cautioned at the annual town meeting in early May that budget reductions would hurt citizens.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2025
Weaving intimate storylines of its nuanced residents, tense debates at town meetings and forays into its rich history, Creede USA offers a hopeful, humanistic and urgent glimpse at a community that must continually negotiate its common ground.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
Kil noted that one of the features of the town hall remodel project will deaden the noise from the passing trains, which at times can drown out speakers during town meetings.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for town meeting
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During a panel discussion at the MegaCon fan convention in Orlando, the two spoke about how the film's success skyrocketed them and their castmates to fame.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
11 July 2025
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Barnes & Noble hosted panel discussions about young adult graphic novels and romance novels, while the Keystone Keynote Tent featured noted Texas historian Stephen Hardin discussing the Runaway Scrape with Statesman columnist Michael Barnes, among other panels.—
Barbara D. Hathaway,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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In March, Democratic Assembly leadership announced all but two of its caucus members would leave X behind.—
Molly Gibbs,
Sacbee.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Even so, four members of the caucus are not on the bill: Murphy; Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev.; Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; and progressive Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
28 July 2025
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Within a month, the Church of United Spiritualists was up and running, meeting in Greenwall’s Opera House until the congregation could build its own place of worship.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 July 2025
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Foulis lost to Joe Lloyd in the third U.S. Open, which was held at Chicago Golf Club in September 1897. 1982: The Wellington Avenue Church congregation voted to join the sanctuary movement — becoming just the second church in the United States to harbor refugees who entered the country illegally.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
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Other executive council members include the secretary, chair of the graduate assembly and three faculty council representatives.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Children fainting during assembly early in the morning.—
Ariel Saramandi,
The Dial,
29 July 2025
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Yet a minority is wary, fearing that synods could undermine doctrinal clarity or papal authority.—
Christopher Hale,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 May 2025
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So too has his radical approach to inclusivity that welcomed the non-ordained faithful, including members of the LGBTQ+ community and lay women, to sit with bishops and contribute their thoughts on issues of church doctrine in meetings called synods.—
Aryn Baker,
Time,
9 May 2025
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After the symposium, Minsky, Singh, and renowned philosopher Aaron Sloman published a paper on the group’s ideas for how to reach humanlike AI.—
Steven Levy,
Wired News,
1 Aug. 2025
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The most recent symposium brought together policy and finance experts, developers, Realtors and interested community members.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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The three energy topics on everyone’s lips at the OPEC seminar The Secretariat’s home is a cavernous building, where journalists are typically relegated to a basement media room.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
11 July 2025
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In 2023, several of the investors from the real estate seminars filed a lawsuit against both Envy and the Pinas.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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At a recent colloquium on critical materials for AI hosted by Professor Alondra Nelson at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton New Jersey, researchers lamented that confidentiality concerns often prevented forensic accounting of material needs for AI.—
Saleem H. Ali,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Shirley Manson has a special connection with Argentina, particularly with its feminist movements; the singer even participated in a colloquium there in 2019.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Town meeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/town%20meeting. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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