- present participle of confer.
conferring
Example Sentences
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This status brought “a safety premium,” conferring lower everyday borrowing costs for the U.S. and virtually unlimited financing capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
U.S. and allied military planners, meanwhile, have spent months conferring on new blueprints for their combined force structures in Europe, under which the U.S. would reduce its nonnuclear deployments and Europeans would gradually fill gaps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
A firefighting aircraft was able to fly over the fire Monday and was conferring with firefighters on the ground to decide whether it would be possible to use more aircraft, Theune said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Bain firmly she rejected accusations of corruption and conferring political advantage.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
At 2:28 P.M. on December 29, after conferring for an hour and three minutes, the jury found him guilty.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
