conference call

noun

: a telephone call by which a caller can speak with several people at the same time

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At the same time, private label brands are losing market share, bucking previous shopping trends during economic downturns, executives said on the company’s conference call. Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025 Those on the conference call would likely face very human dilemmas, and that might lead them to deviate from the rules, added Erin Dumbacher, an expert in nuclear policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025 While there was no promise for that, management did provide an outlook for 2025 during its third-quarter conference call last year. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025 In the company’s quarterly conference call, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said the streaming service’s total worldwide audience — including multiple people living in the same subscriber household — is approaching 1 billion. Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for conference call

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First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of conference call was in 1941

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“Conference call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conference%20call. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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