How to Use conference in a Sentence

conference

noun
  • Our boss called a conference to discuss the new changes.
  • He spent an hour in conference with the president.
  • The organization held its annual conference in New York this year.
  • Catch up quick: Despite its name, the conference hasn't had 10 teams in decades.
    Tyler Buchanan, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Oregon State’s Friday night win snapped a five-game conference losing streak.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 25 Mar. 2023
  • She has widely been considered to be one of the best 3-point shooters outside of a Power 5 conference.
    Marisa Ingemi, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Considering the elite level of Big 12 basketball over the years, the Frogs haven’t been able to escape mediocrity in a tough conference.
    Charles Baggarly, Dallas News, 19 Mar. 2023
  • On the last night of the conference, the dinner was a toss-up.
    Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The next tiebreaker would be conference record, and the Heat has a 1 ½ game edge there.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The Sailors dropped to 3-7 overall and 1-6 in conference.
    Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The Rockets trailed Phoenix 3-1, but won three in a row to move on to the conference finals.
    Noel Harris, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
  • At a tech conference last week, Mr. Sacks said his view had changed.
    Erin Griffith, New York Times, 23 May 2024
  • The cost for the construction of the new base was not given during the news conference.
    Raja Razek, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The conference will include 14 schools for this school year.
    Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Like the Nuggets, the Heat had taken a 3-0 lead in their conference finals series.
    Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 12 June 2023
  • The premise is to ensure the conference’s top two teams play for the Mountain West championship.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023
  • But Cannes kept it classy, and all questions at the press conference for Kindness stayed focused on the film.
    Carita Rizzo, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024
  • At the time, Scott earned the support of just 10 members of his conference, suggesting his bid for the post could be a long-shot.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Lost to Phoenix in six games during the 2021 conference finals.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
  • All five teams that ASU faced occupy the bottom five spots in the conference.
    Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The judge scheduled the next pre-trial conference hearing for Sept. 27.
    Daniella Silva, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Add up the pieces, and the result is conference dominance.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
  • Denver’s victory clinched the series at 4-2 and earned the club a berth in the conference finals.
    Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
  • By the end of the conference, this framing — in which Republican elites sold out the working class for ...
    Natan Ehrenreich, National Review, 12 July 2024
  • Routt is scheduled to appear in court next for a status conference April 16.
    Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The Arizona Republic looks at the Top 10 teams, regardless of conference, at this point of the season.
    Logan Stanley, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The Nuggets eliminated Minnesota in five games in the first round and swept the Lakers in the conference finals.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2023
  • The Boilermakers have lived at free-throw line this season, with the conference’s highest free-throw rate in a decade.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Or so the logic goes in Vance’s 2021 speech at a conference hosted by the Claremont Institute, a rightwing think tank.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Strava first tested the feature at a private conference hosted by the company Los Angeles in May, then released it for beta testing with subscribers last week.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024

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