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conference

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


NOUN
league of athletic teams
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In 2017, he was disinvited from speaking at CPAC, a US conservative conference that also hosted Trump, after footage emerged of Yiannopoulos appearing to condone paedophilia.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

“No resident should need their councilmember to personally call the mayor to get a public healthy hazard addressed,” she said at the press conference.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

"We haven't seen a mountain hazard event like this for a very, very long time," Kamal Kishore, head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, told the press conference.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress, on a Wednesday conference call, said to expect 70% revenue growth in the company’s next fiscal year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

He pushed his way into the conference room.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The U.S. has been an increasing focus for the RSS, including lobbying in Washington and appearances by its leadership at international 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

Barton continues to tour nationwide, speaking at hundreds of conferences and events a year, including July’s Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines, Iowa, along with Johnson and other conservative dignitaries.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Later on Monday it was announced that routine player news conferences the following day wouldn't happen.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

He understood that there probably wouldn’t be anyone at his parent-teacher conferences at school, listening as the teacher told them what a good artist he was.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

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

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

From New York Times May 22, 2016

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

From Time Apr. 20, 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

The video conferencing company also bumped up its guidance for the year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

She’s missed only a handful of the energy siting council’s monthly meetings in the past decade, driving all around the state before video conferencing became common.

From Salon Aug. 17, 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

Contracts awarded to Oricom Ltd, founded by Adam Sharoudi and Gavin Brown, for telecoms and video conferencing equipment between 2010 and 2017 breached rules on financial wrongdoing during the tendering process.

From BBC Apr. 29, 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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