confabs 1 of 2

plural of confab

confabs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of confab

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of confabs
Noun
Ståhlberg points to the event, which is one of the leading industry confabs in the Nordics, as a sign of how filmmakers from the region remain committed to collaboration — both with neighboring countries and beyond — while proving there’s strength in numbers for their small-scale industries. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confabs
Noun
  • Previous discussions have drawn opposition to further commercializing the area, though, and a Sierra Club representative said that sentiment stands.
    Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • He is seen as a younger, more moderate voice – having vowed to clean up politics, initiate discussions on constitutional reform and allow married couples to use separate surnames, something currently banned under law.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Vulture asked our two drama critics, Jackson McHenry and Sara Holdren, to go (separately) and review the show (together) with a few side chats of their own.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Keya Nandi, 22, has applied for around 350 jobs, made countless networking calls and sat through scores of coffee chats over the past year.
    Michael Sasso, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Elevate, which consults widely across pro and college sports, said the vehicle was fully funded by private equity firm Velocity Capital Management and the Texas Permanent School Fund (TPSF), a special-purpose government corporation that oversees a nearly $60 billion public school endowment.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The logic puzzles seemed tailor-made for someone like Morgan, a high-IQ intellectual who consults with the police and notices things others miss.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The drones that landed in Poland were not believed to be armed, but nonetheless, spurred Warsaw to trigger Article 4 emergency consultations with NATO members.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • On 10 September, the Council held consultations in response to the large-scale violation of Polish airspace by Russian drones.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Health care talks plant seeds to resolve shutdown Federal subsidies for people to participate in the Affordable Care Act, which is nicknamed Obamacare, are expiring at the end of the year.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • President Petr Pavel, who will appoint the next prime minister, was expected to start talks with party leaders on Sunday.
    Reuters 3 hr ago, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Trump could also try to invoke Section 301, which confers powers to combat unfair trade practices, or Section 232, which applies to national security situations.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Over time, the population accumulates mutations and sometimes one of them confers an advantage to the species.
    D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In an era when misinformation travels faster than facts and contentious debates make headlines daily, that function becomes not merely valuable but essential.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The drama ran on the CW network from 2007 to 2012 and—also not hyperbole—defined a generation while still inspiring spirited debates and yearly rewatches by both devoted fans and curious newcomers.
    María Mérida, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some online chatter has also attributed the smaller options to the rise of Wegovy, Ozempic and other weight loss drugs.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Rodger’s upcoming debut novel, which is due to publish in 2027, has been directing chatter in worldwide circles, leading to the auction.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Confabs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confabs. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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