Thesaurus results for CONFERENCE

conference

noun

ˈkän-f(ə-)rən(t)s

Definition of conference

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 Read more about what doctors are taking away from the AHA conference here. — Amanda Erickson, STAT, 10 Nov. 2026 Jordan will now be responsible for holding together a diminished GOP conference, countering the incoming Democratic majority and positioning Republicans to compete for control of the House again in 2028. — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026 Virginia State and Fayetteville State open the CIAA weekend on Friday in the conference’s inaugural Friday Night Blitz. — Wilton Jackson, AJC.com, 10 Nov. 2026 Still, Johnson and others in his conference say Tuesday’s election is too soon. — ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for conference

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Noun

This approach allows engineers to consolidate components that traditionally require separate manufacturing and assembly processes.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
The 450 Urban has a rather unusual face, dominated by an angular headlight assembly and sharp, almost insect-like bodywork.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of assembly

Noun

Production paused in Season 1 when a mining symposium took over the town’s hotels.

— Max Gao, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Meanwhile at the Architectural Association’s campus on Bedford Square, the foundation, together with the architecture school and the Serpentine, held a two-day symposium in Hadid’s honor.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of symposium

Noun

National governments will already be looking at their aviation authority regulations and frameworks and there will be discussions at the European and global level, John Edwards, senior consultant at Gates Aviation in London, said by phone.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
Zelensky’s comments in an interview aired late Thursday followed two days of discussions among allies in Brussels that focused on postwar security and reconstruction.

— Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of discussion

Noun

This was the teams’ first meeting at T-Mobile Arena since Arizona beat UCLA in the 2023 Pac-12 tournament final for the second year in a row.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Witnesses and text messages introduced during trial placed Désir at meetings where the plot evolved from a plan to capture Moïse to killing him.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of meeting

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Boden told The Hollywood Reporter, talking the day after his keynote speech at the annual Motion Picture Association (MPA) seminar at Tokyo International Film Festival.

— Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
The Proof Again, Huang began sending out e-mails—more than 40 in 2023—and gave a circuit of seminar talks.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of seminar

Noun

Activists argue that the boom in facilities serving cloud computing and artificial intelligence is moving faster than public consultation and environmental oversight.

— Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Herzog began consultations with party leaders on Wednesday night to determine whom to designate to form a government -- a process that could bring Netanyahu's opponents to power.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of consultation

Noun

Gallery visitors were careful not to step on the sprawling assemblage of photographs, drawings and artifacts scattered across the floor.

— Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
That knack for making music that sounds more like an irruption in the environment than an assemblage of instruments carries across the six sides of vinyl that comprise From the Toolkit of Lovers.

— Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of assemblage

Noun

In August attorneys for the state argued in front of the appeals panel that Morales Howard demanded more than the Constitution requires and pushed back against her understanding of what information a termination notice is required to include.

— Sharmila Venkatasubban, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
Made of large, rigid plastic panels, Hardig’s invention was designed to be weather- and insect-proof, simple to clean and maintain, and lightweight and easy to move.

— Sarah Kuta, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2026

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