conference call

noun

: a telephone call by which a caller can speak with several people at the same time

Examples of conference call in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Members get all of our content (including the magazine), no paywalls or content meters, an advertising-minimal experience, and unique access to our writers and editors (through conference calls, social media groups, and more). The Editors, National Review, 19 Apr. 2024 The conference call is open to all existing and potential shareholders, and the live webcast of the call can be accessed via the Investor Meet Company platform. Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024 At a November conference call, McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said the company would increase prices to offset the wage increases, as well as cut restaurant costs and improve productivity. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024 Only as the call ran long did Rouse realize the administration wanted a major overhaul, one that extended into a second conference call Sunday. Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024 Cook signaled that the new iPhones were off to a good start during an investor conference call in early November 2018, according to the complaint. Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024 In Hong Kong, a finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake AI technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call, according to local police. Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024 Brailsford held a Wednesday afternoon conference call with attorneys from both sides to discuss the emergency demand, according to the court docket. Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024 Some of these are more obvious and built into the core features above—superior video quality for conference calls, 5G support, scaling up to high RAM and storage capacities, and Copilot—and are generally useful to business users in everyday work. Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of conference call was in 1941

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“Conference call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conference%20call. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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