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conference

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


NOUN
league of athletic teams
Synonyms


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The Web Summit canceled day two of its conference in Lisbon after the Portuguese government said Storm Charles could cause flooding, high winds and disruptions to mass transit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Burnham was the only G7 leader to speak at this year's conference in a sign of faltering support for the COP process - something he acknowledged in his speech.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

"I want to ask New Yorkers to please take a moment to pray for those who passed away today and all of those who are mourning their loss," he added at the news conference.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

That, and how well he can use his trusted relationship with Mr. Trump to waylay bad ideas and carve out space for his conference to forge a brighter path.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

“You should also think about who you’d like to have as a support person at the conference with you.”

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

She flew to longtime ally India, where she has remained ever since, only occasionally addressing news conferences by telephone, her voice sounding frail.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

No other Nvidia executive is well-known to investors, aside from Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress, a 13-year veteran of the company who speaks on the company’s earnings call and at conferences.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Now, international airlines are extending flight suspensions, and conferences central to Gulf travel are being pushed into next year, putting the backbone of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia’s economic diversification efforts in jeopardy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Historically, Cruz, the district attorney, has made comments and announcements about the case at press conferences after court finishes.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Civic leaders held press conferences praising the work of the police officers.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

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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