Thesaurus results for CONFERENCES

conferences

noun

plural of conference

as in assemblies

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 seminars

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

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as in discussions

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 conferences Over time, collectives have morphed from mass fundraising operations to resemble marketing agencies amid policing by the College Sports Commission, an independent regulatory body established by the power conferences. —

Arkansas Online, 30 Apr. 2026 More than a few of the teams included in that hypothetical opening round are from conferences whose champions have pulled off NCAA Tournament upsets in recent years. —

Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026 Instead, this move appears motivated by the creation of more slots for teams from the biggest conferences, like the SEC and Big Ten, to participate in the event. —

Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 30 Apr. 2026 The roster of rights accumulated in just the past three years includes college football and men’s and women’s basketball from the ACC, Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences; the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, WWE NXT, PBA Bowling, PBR Bull Riding and AVP volleyball. —

Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026 The other two power conferences were far behind, with the Big 12 and ACC each having six first-rounders and 38 players picked in all. —

Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026 Ever-growing power conferences are the driving force behind an impending expansion of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, which ESPN reported could be formalized within weeks and begin next season. —

Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026 Saudi Arabia doesn’t depend as much on foreign tourists, but internal travel is driven by events, and as conferences, concerts, and major sporting fixtures like Formula 1 have been postponed, bookings have dried up. —

Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Programs are spending tens of millions annually on rosters, creating an escalating arms race across conferences. —

Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026

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One of Sasson's first assignments was to create a control system for a machine that cleaned slide projector lens assemblies.

— Marcia Greenwood, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
All of this while vehicles are increasingly being designed as unified systems rather than assemblies of parts.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026