meet with

phrase

: to be subjected to : encounter
the proposal met with opposition

Examples of meet with in a Sentence

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The Turkish intelligence chief also met with the government in Afghanistan. Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026 Fitzpatrick also posts online regularly about meeting with groups across the district. ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 Those calls, though, have met with skepticism from the White House and in the Chinese government. Jared Perlo, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2026 Others — like California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers in State Employment — are meeting with departments to discuss proper accommodations and terms related to Newsom’s return-to-office mandate. Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026 For the first nine days, he was barred from meeting with an attorney. Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 Moira Colley, senior director of media relations for PETA in New York, said earlier in the week that the group planned to meet with Kolb to discuss ending the use of wool and animal skins in clothing. CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026 The protests that followed were met with extraordinary violence. Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 Zahnd met with investigators in his office and was designated a federal prosecutor to work on the case. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of meet with was in the 14th century

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“Meet with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meet%20with. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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