- present participle of confer.
conferring
Example Sentences
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Conferring with the personnel department, Bass reduced some of the bureaucratic obstacles to hiring.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Conferring with the children, you find out what makes them tick, what they want in life and where they want to be.
From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2018
Conferring each degree, the university president, Drew Gilpin Faust, urged graduates to use their newfound powers to serve their community.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2014
Conferring occasionally with Mr. Arnold was spry, young Walter Lyman Rice, only ten years out of Harvard Law but already a potent trustbuster.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Conferring the Rights of Full Age 342 42.
From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas