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conference

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


NOUN
league of athletic teams
Synonyms


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“The state of public finances and, in particular, the pressure from the bond market is such that we cannot afford to impose any restrictions,” she told a news conference.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

A later meeting with Jesus produced an agreement for the coach to clarify matters at his next news conference.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The conference was arranged in June and organisers said it was "unrelated to the recent death of an employee of the anti-plague institute".

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

At 3 p.m. on a recent Saturday afternoon, in a conference room inside Fellowship Chapel in Detroit, Abdul El-Sayed looked different from the Senate candidate I had been watching at rallies around Michigan.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Rader did most of the talking at the press conference, and he was good at it, having graduated first in his class from law school.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Federal Reserve officials, including New York Fed President John Williams, are due to speak at various conferences.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Once the Court had those documents and the amicus briefs, the whole packet was distributed to the justices at 10 separate conferences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

More than 30 million people watched January's college football national championship on TV while the major conferences -- regional groupings of universities that organize competition and negotiate media rights -- have signed multibillion-dollar broadcasting contracts.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

It has also drawn support from 24 of the NCAA’s athletic conferences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The first of these conferences was held in a room that didn’t exist.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

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

Gomes telephoned his mother, who then allegedly conferenced Price into the call, prosecutors said.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 24, 2020

With two other colleagues conferenced in, they discussed the possibility of a byline strike.

From New York Times ● May 22, 2016

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

Sharoudi became friends with Hush, who was telecommunications manager at NHS Lothian and then NHS Scotland video conferencing manager.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2025

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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