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 The league plans on reorganizing to a new format that divides the 10 into two conferences. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Scott, chair of the Academic Senate, added that permanent faculty and their research expertise allows students to access cutting-edge equipment, national and international conferences, and workshops on every research topic. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026 That's been part of a series of changes by the league to bolster the financial picture while facing a growing gap behind the Big Ten and Southeastern conferences, though still finishing ahead of the Big 12 among the Power Four. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 The campus will replace Mana Wynwood, the longtime home of III Points and other festivals, conferences and expos developed by Moishe Mana. — Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 While all of this is happening, most writers are not talking about the soul in their workshops, conferences, or editorial meetings. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026 In January, its investigators reported finding more than 100 hallucinated citations in papers accepted at NeurIPS, one of the world’s top AI research conferences, as Fortune first reported. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 For this to happen, expanding the CFP, conferences will have to get rid of championship weekend. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Everyone in your competitive space has read the same reports, attended the same conferences and hired from the same talent pools. — Duncan Wardle, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Anduril relies on Applied Aerospace to deliver the physical aircraft, supplying everything from the engine fuselage and main landing gear assemblies to the wings and horizontal stabilizers.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
The production model is designed to allow major components and assemblies to be manufactured before final vessel integration.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of assemblies

Noun

In lectures and seminars, his cleft palate caused his voice to be muted and his pronunciation at times unclear.

— Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
The organization hosts conferences, seminars and a mentoring program to help educators promote into leadership roles.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of seminars

Noun

Across five days, View’s filmmaking presentations and executive discussions offer different perspectives on how those pressures are reshaping production.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
There are four of us on staff at The Verge actively testing Googlebooks and, frankly, our internal Slack discussions have been mostly filled with collective venting of frustrations, disappointments, and bewilderment.

— Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of discussions

Noun

Even early in the morning, the cafe had locals in doing breakfast meetings.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026
Again and again, Misty comes fully alive in the presence of others—a saving grace in a town that still often runs on chance meetings, fateful reunions, and testy but resilient relationships.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of meetings

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Just note that panels are sold individually, so double-check your quantity before checkout.

— Vy Yang, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026
The show has also progressed from a solely in-person experience to one with main-stage panels that are streamed live for fans around the world via YouTube — a move born out of the COVID-19 pandemic-era virtual cons that has stuck.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of panels

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Guests can also book bespoke wellness journeys combining spa treatments, nutrition consultations, and fitness coaching, designed to rebalance body and mind in a city that rarely slows down.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
During the past decade, Moscow has sought to bolster its influence in the region by hosting regular consultations on Afghanistan involving senior representatives of the Taliban and neighboring nations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of consultations

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Beginning in 1989, oil and acrylic paints gave way to olive oil, henna, tea, spices, and coffee, while animal glue, mud, and leather also shaped the group’s posters, paintings, and mixed-media assemblages.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Often these assemblages of items are tied together in a bundle or bag and may be referred to as hands, mojos, or gris-gris.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of assemblages

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The Sox’s pitching plans are a daily mystery, and worries over Grant Taylor’s right arm falling off have become nightly debates in South Side bars.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
The 2000 contest was the last Texas Senate race with no general election debates.

— Matthew Choi, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026