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as in platform
a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information that Web site serves as a forum for movie buffs who are passionate about their likes and dislikes

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as in tribunal
an assembly of persons for the administration of justice a jury may have acquitted Lizzie Borden, but she was guilty of murder in the forum of public opinion

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Recent Examples of forum This reality means that state courts have emerged as the only forum in which most Americans can hope to have their rights protected and their interests fairly considered against the power of the government and large corporations. Peter Martin, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025 Emiliano Aguilar, professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, was recently named head of an advisory committee to recruit future speakers for the forums. Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025 According to other online posts on Reddit and Jeep forums, the issue goes back several years, affecting several models of Jeeps. Stellantis, which owns Jeep, says the repetitive nature of the promotion was a glitch. Ars Technica, 26 Feb. 2025 These meetings provide a forum to: • Review AI performance metrics. Himanshu Sinha, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forum
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Noun
  • Related Articles The symposium marked one of the highest-profile private sector meetings in recent years, with the last comparable event dating back to November 2018.
    Li Jun, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The Institute will host its inaugural symposium on February 6, 2025, in Houston.
    Rhea Wessel, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Users and advertisers have fled the social media platform, partly in response to Musk’s promotion of conspiracy theories and neo-Nazi accounts.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Parton's account posted the initial announcement of Dean's death on Instagram and other platforms.
    Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On Friday night, the Premier League released a statement in response to the arbitration tribunal’s ruling.
    Dan Sheldon, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
  • The case will play out in court in April during a tribunal at the Intellectual Property Office.
    George Nelson for ArtNews, Robb Report, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Attend seminars on Texas wildlife and conservation and take your kids to the Junction for the petting zoo.
    Shafaq Patel, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Doerr provides the example, taken from the original seminar taught by Grove, in which the objective is to dominate a new sector in the microcomputer-component market, and one of the key results is to come up with ten new designs for a component.
    Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The majority of the bayside Shelter Island venue’s 2025 concerts have ticket prices between $37.50 and $70.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Goldfarb, the owner, says the venue will feature its own food court with restaurants and eateries including California Pizza Kitchen, Mr. Beast Burger, Great American Cookies, Buddy V.’s Cake Slice, Man vs. Fries and Ballpark Bites.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As a seasoned commissioner and a longtime attorney, Silver would likely also be viewed by courts as especially credible and authoritative.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Investigators soon determined, and so did the courts, that a motley group of arsonists had intentionally torched the factory, seemingly for the insurance money.
    Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • If the Fighting Irish and the Wolfpack share the ACC title, N.C. State would be the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament because of its victory over Notre Dame.
    Curt Rallo, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
  • After the conference sessions, guests can also unwind at live entertainment events and happy hours.
    John Hall, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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  • Johnson, an ultra-ambitious Texas Democrat but a junior House member of the House Naval Affairs Committee (which became the House Armed Services Committee after World War II), correctly surmised the panel’s imperious chairman, Georgia Democrat Carl Vinson, wasn’t going anywhere.
    David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Speaking on a panel at the SHE Media CO-Lab at SXSW in Austin, Texas, on Friday, More and Potter shared the moment that changed everything.
    Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 7 Mar. 2025

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“Forum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forum. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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