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in a meeting

ADJECTIVE

busy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active unavailable working

STRONG

buried employed engaged engrossed hustling occupied overloaded persevering slaving snowed swamped

WEAK

already taken assiduous at it diligent having a full plate having enough on one's plate having fish to fry having many irons in the fire in conference in someone else's possession in the field in the laboratory industrious on assignment on duty on the go tied-up up to one's ears with a customer

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idle

STRONG

inactive unoccupied

WEAK

lazy quiet unbusy unemployed unengaged

Example Sentences

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“Unfortunately, some consider negotiation to be surrender. It is not, ” he said in a meeting with political party representatives on Monday, according to a report from Lebanon’s state-news operator.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Top US and China economic officials met in Paris for talks over the wekend, in a meeting widely seen as setting the stage for Trump's visit.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Bessent is thinking about raising the energy issue, the people said, in a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Vice Premier He Lifeng, in Paris in mid-March.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

CNN’s Kristen Holmes reported on Friday that Trump completely blew up in a meeting after learning of the ruling on tariffs.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2026

He had taken part in a meeting of union leaders and had been commissioned, along with Colonel Gavilán, to mingle in the crowd and orient it according to how things went.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

in a meeting

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