Thesaurus results for CONFERENCE

conference

noun

ˈkän-f(ə-)rən(t)s

as in assembly

a body of people come together in one place the conference voted to conclude that day's meeting and to resume discussions the next morning

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as in symposium

a meeting featuring a group discussion a conference on the need for international cooperation in combating emerging viruses

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as in discussion

an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue a parent-teacher conference to discuss a student having trouble in school

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Recent Examples of conference Awareness is the first step MIT AgeLab researcher Katie Warren walks financial planner Matt Hudack through the survey at a John Hancock longevity conference, where the tool was introduced in April. —

Allison Aubrey, NPR, 4 May 2026 The Aztecs, who are now 30-18 overall, have three conference games at home next weekend against San Jose State before finishing the MW regular season with a three-game series at UNLV. —

Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026 Outside the conference hall, the mood broadly matched this message. —

Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 4 May 2026 That was a 55% increase from the previous year, before USC, UCLA, Washington and Oregon joined and the most money ever distributed by a college football conference. —

Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for conference

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Noun

The center is equipped with state-of-the-art amenities to host student performances and school assemblies, but also to train the next generation of theater technicians.

— Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
Depositphotos Thanks to researchers at Georgia Tech, robots have taken several new steps towards replacing human labor – and not simply for dangerous tasks such as mining the depths of the Earth and exploring the Moon, or difficult tasks such as high-speed mass-assembly of thousands of cars.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 May 2026