Thesaurus results for PARLEY

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noun

Definition of parley

as in symposium

a meeting featuring a group discussion held a parley to debate the proposed change in the town's zoning laws

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as in discussion

an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue can we meet for an informal parley to see if we can effect a compromise?

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to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problem in an effort to win the goodwill of the locals, the developers parleyed with them before finalizing plans for the massive mall

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Noun

And, as part of the risk calculation, this parleys into the probability assessment. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 May 2026 Notifications and requests for parley must be unambiguously left by the cyber privateer so as to allow the right of parley to be exercised in a timely fashion. — Rick Bennett, Time, 17 Sep. 2025

Verb

This international exposure Emad hopes to parley into a Hollywood career. — John Bleasdale, Variety, 7 Dec. 2022 The tectonic buzz and growl of a didgeridoo, played with athletic skill by Harry Wilson, parleyed with the music, then settled beneath it like bedrock. — Matthew Guerrieri, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2019 See All Example Sentences for parley

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Noun

Now, thankfully, Reese Witherspoon is focusing on women’s projects with her company, and Geena Davis has that whole symposium and does all the metrics on how many women’s stories get told.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 16 July 2026
Power connections, which are fewer in number and take up more surface area, are placed on the sides of the memory cube, University of Tokyo doctoral student Yuki Mitarai said at the symposium.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026

Definition of symposium

Noun

Android Circuit is here to remind you of a few of the many discussions around Android in the last seven days.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Kenneth Malin, the West Cedar Creek MUD’s general manager, did not respond to a message requesting comment on the district’s discussions with Diode.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2026

Definition of discussion

Verb

The community services district worked with Environmental Science Associates to execute the requirement, including consulting with Native American tribal partners.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
Families use them to consult doctors remotely, arrange transport to distant clinics, send photos of wounds and symptoms, ask relatives for money, document abuse and reach schooling that is no longer available in person to many girls and women.

— Fatima Faizi, NPR, 10 July 2026

Definition of consult

Noun

During the meeting, a handful of people looked at their laptops, with those attending in person sitting around a nearly empty oval table in the board’s conference room.

— Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026
And that April guidance was above the $101 billion analysts had been expecting toward the end of last year, before the company updated it at a conference in December.

— Hugh Son,Laya Neelakandan,Leslie Picker,Ritika Shah, CNBC, 14 July 2026

Definition of conference

Noun

Consider reaching out to these locations about serving as practical access points for basic health services, such as mobile clinics, periodic screenings or connected health kiosks that enable remote consultations.

— Sas Mukherjee, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Visitors are given an initial consultation followed by medical evaluations to assess their health before medics and therapists tailor a program suited to their individual needs.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026

Definition of consultation

Verb

The Department of Homeland Security spokesperson previously told The Times that a child attached to a parent’s immigration case does not lose the claim upon turning 18, but said that a pending asylum application doesn’t confer legal status.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
The court’s majority rejected the argument that widespread use of the guns necessarily conferred constitutional protection.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Definition of confer

Noun

Coaching seminars held by the Norwegian Football Federation have been known to play a short video showing a 16-year-old boy taking part in a shooting drill.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 July 2026
For an industry grappling with retention, burnout, and a widening confidence gap among new graduates, that kind of practical, repeatable structure is worth more than another seminar on empathy in the abstract.

— Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of seminar

Noun

The debate over the development has played out amid a serious downturn in the region’s entertainment industry, with studios shifting film and television production to Georgia, New Mexico and other out-of-state locations.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Because of the vast amount of money being thrown into these markets, semantic debates have exploded into financial ones.

— Jon Sarlin, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

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