How to Use conference in a Sentence

conference

noun
Definition of conferencenext
Synonyms for conferencenext
  • Our boss called a conference to discuss the new changes.
  • He spent an hour in conference with the president.
  • The organization held its annual conference in New York this year.
  • The next tiebreaker would be conference record, and the Heat has a 1 ½ game edge there.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The cost for the construction of the new base was not given during the news conference.
    — Raja Razek, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The conference will include 14 schools for this school year.
    — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Like the Nuggets, the Heat had taken a 3-0 lead in their conference finals series.
    — Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 12 June 2023
  • The premise is to ensure the conference’s top two teams play for the Mountain West championship.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023
  • At the time, Scott earned the support of just 10 members of his conference, suggesting his bid for the post could be a long-shot.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The judge scheduled the next pre-trial conference hearing for Sept. 27.
    — Daniella Silva, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Routt is scheduled to appear in court next for a status conference April 16.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The Arizona Republic looks at the Top 10 teams, regardless of conference, at this point of the season.
    — Logan Stanley, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The Boilermakers have lived at free-throw line this season, with the conference’s highest free-throw rate in a decade.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The broadcast rights alone for those two sports are worth tens of billions of dollars, which goes to the schools, the conferences, the coaches, and the athletic programs, but not to the students.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Hilton is scheduled to appear in court for a status conference on Feb. 2, online court records show.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2023
  • More than 25 percent of the clergy in the conference also departed.
    — Greg Garrison | , al, 23 June 2023
  • Center looking to win back-to-back conference games for the first time under second-year head coach Kenny Payne.
    — The Courier-Journal, 13 Jan. 2024
  • But older folks gave toes out in the conference room a firm no: 60% of Gen Xers, and 64% of boomers and the Silent Generation said sandals will never cut it in the office.
    — Jamie Waters, WSJ, 19 July 2023
  • But that option is freighted with risk in the ever-volatile world of conference realignment.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2023
  • The motion similarly set a status conference in the case for June 26.
    — Thomas Saccente, arkansasonline.com, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The final Pac-12 crown before the conference dissolves could only be the start for this team that is tied for its best ranking in school history.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Kansas is currently in fourth place in the Big 12 conference but only a game-and-a-half back of leaders Houston and Baylor.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 18 Feb. 2024
  • With over 20 speakers, the conference includes a welcoming meet and greet and three days of programming.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The court scheduled a case management conference on Sept. 10.
    — Cameron MacDonald, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Sanders also called out the president during the news conference.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The conference opened with the agreement of a loss and damage fund to help developing countries respond to climate harms.
    — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Not once during the press conference did Dickinson look up toward the media.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
  • As is the case with previous devices, the Surface Hub 3 is meant to live in conference rooms as a replacement for TVs and monitors.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2023
  • This was my first time going to the Upfront Summit, an invite-only VC conference.
    — Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024
  • When Jeffries talked about the need to support for Ukraine, half of the Republican conference stood up while half remained sitting.
    — Eliza Collins, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023

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