Thesaurus results for CONFERENCE

conference

noun

ˈkän-f(ə-)rən(t)s

Definition of conference

as in assembly

a body of people come together in one place the conference voted to conclude that day's meeting and to resume discussions the next morning

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as in symposium

a meeting featuring a group discussion a conference on the need for international cooperation in combating emerging viruses

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as in discussion

an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue a parent-teacher conference to discuss a student having trouble in school

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Recent Examples of conference Her younger sister, Tania Buchanan Boyd, spoke at the news conference, and shared more about who Windy was as a person. — Veronica Fulton, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2026 Granted, conferences could argue the timing of their discussions and leaks to media doesn’t reveal coordination but rather the reality of the fall season and fall semester each conference faces. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2026 The moves by the nation’s two biggest conferences, four days before the start of football season, are intended to tamp down on the latest crisis — one involving players who came back to college after being released from pro rosters. — Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 At the conference Future Travel Experience Global 2022 in Las Vegas, Mike Byrom, Spirit’s then vice president of airport services, discussed the partnership with Springshot and its software. — Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for conference

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Noun

Bank of America initiates Amkor Technology as buy Bank of America said the semis assembly company is undervalued.

— Michael Bloom, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
In the library/innovation center, the furniture like whiteboard tables, benches, booths, ottomans and shelves are on wheels, easily moved to change the layout and open up the space for events, assemblies or performances.

— Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of assembly

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The Daily Dividend Ahead of the Federal Reserve’s symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, July’s personal consumption expenditures price index released yesterday showed that inflation is still elevated.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
The Federal Reserve’s new chairman, Kevin Warsh, is set to deliver a speech Friday at an annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the backdrop for past policy announcements.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of symposium

Noun

Former Obama aide and Pod Save America host Tommy Vietor was among the most outspoken against Jeffries over the meeting.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Aug. 2026
During Monday’s meeting, Councilwoman Flor Alvidrez said the bridge was needed in that community long before the stadium plan.

— Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of meeting

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In 2012, Rich Global LLC, which sold seminars based on the lessons of the book, declared bankruptcy after a judge awarded $24 million in damages to one of the company’s former business partners.

— Christopher Cox, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026
Jim Ross will also share his fishing wisdom and give away a half-day fishing experience on the Indian River valued at $400 during each seminar.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of seminar

Noun

Thomas Mach Interiors, of Simsbury, painted the interior and donated a consultation and project management services at the school.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
Family life Harald dated Sonja Haraldsen for nine years before King Olav V, after consultation with the Norwegian Parliament, gave permission for the couple to marry.

— James Frater, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of consultation

Noun

Beginning in 1989, oil and acrylic paints gave way to olive oil, henna, tea, spices, and coffee, while animal glue, mud, and leather also shaped the group’s posters, paintings, and mixed-media assemblages.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Played completely deadpan by Konopka, the character beneath this daft assemblage of aesthetic choices makes no real sense as a functionary in this dry, dark future, much less as its hero.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of assemblage

Noun

DayGlo pigments were used extensively during World War II to make fluorescent fabric panels for US ground troops, while DayGlo’s black light paints were used on Navy aircraft carriers to enable planes to land at night.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026
The panel ruled that remote work had functioned as an effective accommodation prior to his firing and that Billesdon failed to prove his disability directly caused his termination.

— Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026

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