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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
In his senior year, Lacy led the conference in touchdowns.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
The next court date is April 21 for a case management conference.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
Researchers presented the latest seismic and inflation results on the volcano last month at the American Geophysical Union conference in Washington, D.C.
The scientists’ prediction shouldn’t be taken as a sign to panic—the volcano doesn’t pose a threat to people.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Wrangling the Republican conference and maintaining party unity will be critical for Johnson, President-elect Donald Trump and other party leaders to have the necessary working majority to achieve their legislative plans.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
The next court date is April 21 for a case management conference.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
Researchers presented the latest seismic and inflation results on the volcano last month at the American Geophysical Union conference in Washington, D.C.
The scientists’ prediction shouldn’t be taken as a sign to panic—the volcano doesn’t pose a threat to people.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Wrangling the Republican conference and maintaining party unity will be critical for Johnson, President-elect Donald Trump and other party leaders to have the necessary working majority to achieve their legislative plans.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conference
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Iran also has an elaborate set of overlapping institutions, including a consultative assembly, an assembly of experts, a guardian council, an expediency council, a judiciary, and so on.Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2025
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Unfortunately, the door handle assemblies weren't sufficiently waterproofed, allowing the electronics inside to corrode.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
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The efforts by the Dow Chemical multinational corporation to address plastic waste and provide clean water solutions in West Africa could have been enhanced by researchers’ works shared at a Uruguayan symposium – only it wasn’t translated into English.HEC Paris Insights, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Against the backdrop of a debate over Goldin’s show in Germany, the artist previously bowed out of speaking at a symposium on antisemitism, Islamophobia, and the war in Gaza, according to the German press agency dpa.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 22 Nov. 2024
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During the discussion, she was asked if she's ever been confused for another celebrity.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Once the consent calendar is moved and seconded, there is no discussion and there are no questions — the whole point of the consent calendar is to eliminate unnecessary discussions.Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
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Amid Frederiksen’s emergency meeting with business leaders, her foreign minister’s emergency meeting with party leaders, and an additional emergency meeting of the foreign-affairs committee in Parliament, everything, all of a sudden, was in complete flux.Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2025
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While several of those teams were granted in-person meetings, only three organizations made the short list.Chantz Martin, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
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The landscape of executive education is vast: conferences, in-house seminars, trade journals, social media, and countless books.ESMT Berlin, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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State of play: The three-day event will highlight the bountiful picks now available in the low-ABV and no-alcohol drink world, as well as general healthy living, via events like tastings, drink competitions, dance parties and seminars.Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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At present, there are not enough professionals with the training to treat veterans or to provide regular consultations for them, said Svetlana Artemeva, who is working on a project to train dozens of therapists across 16 Russian regions to help soldiers struggling with post-traumatic stress.Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Competitors charge for consultations with tax experts, so this is a huge advantage.PCMAG, PCMAG, 2 Jan. 2025
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Though archaeologists have uncovered indirect signs of the culture’s habits—stone points for hunting and animal bones—drawing conclusions from that assemblage relied on a lot of assumptions.Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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One exhibition case highlights his use of unusual materials, from a mohawk hat made with Barbie doll legs to a conceptual assemblage of yellowed book pages.Joelle Diderich, WWD, 17 Oct. 2024
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This panel will examine how press, talent, studios, and publicity collaborate to draw audiences to films and series that may otherwise be overlooked.Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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The others play more like live-action Far Side comic panels, only not that funny.Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Conference.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conference. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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