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conference

[kon-fer-uhns, -fruhns] / ˈkɒn fər əns, -frəns /


NOUN
league of athletic teams
Synonyms


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They also had the 13th-ranked rushing offense in the conference.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

Katie Taylor's final press conference after retiring from boxing - 'what a way to end'

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

This time last year in the same conference complex, Reform felt like they were simply sweeping all before them.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Chris Cline was sitting by a hotel pool with his wife last month before attending an American Farm Bureau Federation conference in New Orleans when he got a text from an unknown number.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

An aide walked into the Presidium conference room at the Kremlin with a copy of Kennedy’s speech.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

More legal proceedings are sure to follow since the major conferences are dead set against allowing anyone who has been in the pros to play any more college ball.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Steinem, who struggled with stage fright most of her life, talked with women at gigantic conferences and in intimate kaffeeklatsches.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Like Indiana’s Curt Cignetti, he cut his teeth in football’s smaller conferences.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

It is one of the most important central banking conferences in the world, and the Fed chair's speech to kick off proceedings is closely watched by his peers in the audience and investors worldwide.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Traditionally, with rare exceptions, members of the media don’t applaud at press conferences, since it would be considered an endorsement of what the speaker is saying, rather than just reporting the information being given.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

He whispered to one of his attorneys while his lead lawyers, Karen Friedman Agnifilo and Marc Agnifilo, conferenced with the judge and prosecutors at the front of the courtroom.

From BBC May 18, 2026

Which gets us to that footnote, in which Justice Alito writes, “That constitutional question was argued and conferenced nearly seven months ago.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2026

Buck’s petition is expected to be conferenced by the U.S.

From Time Apr. 20, 2016

When umps conferenced, they upheld plate umpire Bill Welke’s original call.

From Washington Times Jul. 9, 2015

I have already conferenced with Rae, and now Ethan’s conference is going over.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

You’ll have no trouble streaming 4K content, downloading large files or video conferencing on these connections.

From Salon Dec. 10, 2025

The video conferencing company said it had 30% growth in its channel pipeline.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 26, 2025

We connect via video conferencing software, her location in the U.S. a secret, and Mariya appears in her anime form, her silver-white hair occasionally obscuring her welcoming oval eyes, which blink often as she speaks.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2025

It lets me record calls by conferencing in a third-party number.

From Slate Oct. 31, 2024

After sitting for an interview, Nilekani gave our TV crew a tour of Infosys’s global conferencing center—ground zero of the Indian outsourcing industry.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman




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