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.
  • People are quietly typing back at their desks, walking briskly to meetings or holed up in conference rooms on video calls.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
  • The Rockets trailed Phoenix 3-1, but won three in a row to move on to the conference finals.
    — Noel Harris, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
  • Denver’s victory clinched the series at 4-2 and earned the club a berth in the conference finals.
    — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
  • If the Seminoles and Tigers ever become available, everything changes for the conferences and their network partners.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
  • There’s plenty of Google news out there today, what with the company holding its I/O developer conference.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 10 May 2023
  • The Lorenzo is a bright, clean, and straightforward hotel with over 200 rooms and suites and a versatile event and meeting space for weddings, conferences, and more.
    — Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The next tiebreaker would be conference record, and the Heat has a 1 ½ game edge there.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
  • At a tech conference last week, Mr. Sacks said his view had changed.
    — Erin Griffith, New York Times, 23 May 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
  • But Cannes kept it classy, and all questions at the press conference for Kindness stayed focused on the film.
    — Carita Rizzo, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024
  • 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
  • Lost to Phoenix in six games during the 2021 conference finals.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
  • The judge scheduled the next pre-trial conference hearing for Sept. 27.
    — Daniella Silva, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Add up the pieces, and the result is conference dominance.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
  • By the end of the conference, this framing — in which Republican elites sold out the working class for ...
    — Natan Ehrenreich, National Review, 12 July 2024
  • 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 Nuggets eliminated Minnesota in five games in the first round and swept the Lakers in the conference finals.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2023
  • 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
  • Some House Democrats viewed the press conference as a hurdle for the president to clear, while others' minds were already made up.
    — Kate Murphy, Axios, 12 July 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
  • Popular on Variety Short films will get their time in the limelight at the conference this year.
    — Terry Flores, Variety, 25 July 2024
  • Small had two young children and was on her way to getting her life back on track when she was killed, according to a statement from Small’s younger sister that Thomas read at the news conference.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Other deputies who arrived also were met with gunfire, authorities said at the news conference.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN, 18 Aug. 2024

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