1
as in gatherings
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose
there will be another committee meeting next week to discuss the parish fair
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2
as in conferences
a body of people come together in one place
a meeting marked by no consensus of what needs to be done
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3
as in confluences
the coming together of two or more things to the same point
a meeting of two railroad lines
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Recent Examples of meetings
In the end the meetings produced no substantive breakthrough for either side.
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Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
In those meetings, our would-be bosses told us to make mock phone calls to prospective clients to gauge our ability to convince strangers about the merit of an imaginary product.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
The city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County incentive packages for this project will be determined at upcoming public meetings.
—Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
What started as a passion project between corporate meetings has evolved into something much bigger.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 28 Oct. 2025
Aside from holding meetings with various institutions in Madrid, the delegation visited some of Spain’s major production hubs, including the Canary Islands and the Ciudad de la Luz studios in Alicante.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
Trump is on a visit to Asia that takes in the ASEAN summit in Malaysia, followed by a trip to Japan and South Korea ahead of the APEC meetings.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
The Hurricanes are 16-8 all-time against Syracuse, including nine of 12 home meetings.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
The shareholder meetings give the youngest Browns in the sixth and seventh generations, and their distant cousins, a chance to meet and bounce ideas off one another.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
In those meetings, our would-be bosses told us to make mock phone calls to prospective clients to gauge our ability to convince strangers about the merit of an imaginary product.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
The city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County incentive packages for this project will be determined at upcoming public meetings.
—Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
What started as a passion project between corporate meetings has evolved into something much bigger.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 28 Oct. 2025
Aside from holding meetings with various institutions in Madrid, the delegation visited some of Spain’s major production hubs, including the Canary Islands and the Ciudad de la Luz studios in Alicante.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
Trump is on a visit to Asia that takes in the ASEAN summit in Malaysia, followed by a trip to Japan and South Korea ahead of the APEC meetings.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
The Hurricanes are 16-8 all-time against Syracuse, including nine of 12 home meetings.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
The shareholder meetings give the youngest Browns in the sixth and seventh generations, and their distant cousins, a chance to meet and bounce ideas off one another.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meetings
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Meanwhile, the Gorchakov fund works closer to home, sponsoring academic gatherings and Russian-language programs in former Soviet states.—
Tetiana Kotelnykova,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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The government has restricted public gatherings and deployed more than 40,000 security personnel.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Chicago Fire and Portland Timbers secured their places in the playoff field proper with wild-card wins at home Wednesday night, setting up matchups against their conferences’ respective top seeds, the Philadelphia Union and San Diego FC.—
Avi Creditor,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund followed a few years later, financing study trips to Russia and hosting international conferences with journalists, activists, and scholars.—
Tetiana Kotelnykova,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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The model seems to, in automotive terms, refine the stylistic conventions of the 1950s while perfectly complementing Britain’s edgier Mod ethos of the subsequent decade.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
27 Oct. 2025
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The family even goes to Halloween conventions for inspiration and to find the best costumes and props.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Nuclear fuel is loaded into reactors and used until the fuel assemblies become highly radioactive, and must be removed for temporary storage and eventual disposal.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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Citizen assemblies or jury-like bodies could help commissioners assess what constitutes reasonable responses to harms.—
John Wihbey,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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Pivot to Asia All of this shapes India’s policy toward China to manage an adversarial relationship with limited cooperation and convergences.—
Shyam Saran,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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But the movie’s more substantial convergences with Polanski’s personal situation are less obvious, though far more deeply rooted in the aesthetic that has governed his directing career.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2025
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Non-Orientable Nkansa, 2017, one of his earliest large-scale installations, announced his dedication to monumental assemblages that fixate on negligence and crumbling edifices.—
Edna Bonhomme,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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His artworks, which include paintings, sculptures, mixed-media assemblages, mosaics, photographs, and film, are full of mood and foreboding.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
31 Mar. 2025
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Skims’s $32 Faux Hair Micro String Thong launched (and immediately sold out) last week, available in 12 different hair-color and skin-tone combinations, and two hair types.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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Her Mediterranean roots and love for natural forms inspire her distinctive aesthetic and flavor combinations.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Oct. 2025
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As this weekly chart shows, NFLX has a strong history of breaking out from similar consolidations, often following through to new highs.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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The difference is that the majority of the shuttered newspapers last year was not the result of consolidations by big chains, but longtime independent owners who have given up — at places like the Wasatch Wave in Utah or the Aurelia Star in Iowa, the report said.—
David Bauder,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Meetings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meetings. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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