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  • noun Plural of symposium.

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  • noun Plural form of symposium.

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Examples

  • Discussions that could have taken place in symposia or in letters columns.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • Discussions that could have taken place in symposia or in letters columns.

    The Future of Today's Legal Scholarship part 2 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • The recipient will be expected to participate in symposia on literary translation with established writers and translators, as well as public readings of their work once the translation has been completed.

    Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2008

  • I would tell you that the candidate had participated in symposia on democracy, non-proliferation, and Glasnost.

    At The Threshold: The Implications of Ukraine's New Constitution 1996

  • In response, the ACLU is launching an anti-bag search campaign -- including educational fliers, a petition and even plans for two "symposia" -- and the D.C. chapter of the organization is inviting those who have been searched to step forward.

    ACLU to sue Metro over random bag checks 2011

  • In response, the ACLU is launching an anti-bag search campaign -- including educational fliers, a petition and even plans for two "symposia" -- and the D.C. chapter of the organization is inviting those who have been searched to step forward.

    The Buzz: ACLU to sue Metro over random bag checks 2011

  • E-mail is and hastily called symposia are ripples, says physicist Joel Primack of the University of California, Santa Cruz, are no less than "the handwriting of God."

    'The Handwriting Of God' 2008

  • Minas knew everyone, having cadged dinners and so-called symposia out of most people who had a dining room or a courtyard that lay close to a good wine cellar.

    See Delphi and Die Davis, Lindsey 2005

  • He said ancient Athenians may have honed the art of flirtation at drinking parties known as symposia, drinking parties where men flirted with dancing girls among other entertainment.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • The couple began hosting Burgundy symposia for passionate amateurs in 1997, welcoming a dozen guests to Bouilland for an intensive week of tasting and touring, enlisting such experts as Clive Coates and Alan Meadows to assist.

    In the Domain of the Earth Mother of Burgundy Jay McInerney 2011

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