How to Use conference in a Sentence
conference
noun- 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.
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On the last night of the conference, the dinner was a toss-up.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
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The city has yet to provide the records, Sletvold said at the conference.
—Amanda Su, ABC News, 21 June 2022
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The Seminoles are first in the conference with 242.3 yards per game on the ground.
—Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
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Just the fact that the Utes are in a conference to begin with is a big deal.
—Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 May 2022
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The next tiebreaker would be conference record, and the Heat has a 1 ½ game edge there.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
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The win now gives the first-place Huskies a two-game lead in the conference standings over Creighton.
—Hartford Courant, 6 May 2022
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The Sailors dropped to 3-7 overall and 1-6 in conference.
—Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2023
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But the Packers have struggled against the top teams in the conference.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Bearcats now have a week on the road where conference wins never come easy.
—Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 12 Feb. 2023
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The nine members of the court are set to meet Thursday for their first closed-door conference since the leak of the draft.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 May 2022
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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
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Duvall was named to the conference all-league first ream and Davis earned a spot on the all-league Third Team.
—James Weber, The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2023
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The beauty of it, to the SEC, was the emphasis on the passion of the conference, not just winning.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 10 July 2025
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The Cardinals are +1300 to win the NFC, seventh in the conference.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 19 May 2022
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After a tie and a loss in its first two conference games, Lemont has won three in a row.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022
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At a tech conference last week, Mr. Sacks said his view had changed.
—Erin Griffith, New York Times, 23 May 2024
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The cost for the construction of the new base was not given during the news conference.
—Raja Razek, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
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The conference will include 14 schools for this school year.
—Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2023
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Once atop the West in early December, the Suns now are 12th in the conference.
—Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2023
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Catch up quick: Despite its name, the conference hasn't had 10 teams in decades.
—Tyler Buchanan, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
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Lauren Goode: Wait, the people with the tattoos didn't come to the conference.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 16 Feb. 2023
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The Chiefs received a first-round playoff bye as the conference’s top seed.
—Matt Bonesteel, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2023
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The deal could be worth up to $10 billion if more schools join the conference, per reports.
—Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022
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Like the Nuggets, the Heat had taken a 3-0 lead in their conference finals series.
—Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 12 June 2023
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Teresa Gould, who took charge of the conference in early 2024, is the first to succeed.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
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Barrett scheduled a status conference on that order for July 24.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 23 July 2025
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When the Big Ten did suspend Harbaugh, Michigan claimed the commissioner overstepped his authority and acted outside the conference’s bylaws.
—Larry Lage, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
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