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.
  • The conference was meant to be a kind of gut check.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The days were spent in a sleek conference room, where guests gave talks.
    — Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Read more about the press conference here.
    — CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • All-conference and all-state third team.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026
  • The conference doesn’t have too much to hang its hat on through two weeks.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But this conference had a twist.
    — Jj Rosen, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The teams meet for the fourth time in conference play this season.
    — ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • On the last night of the conference, the dinner was a toss-up.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
  • This group has yet to reach the conference finals.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Rothman looked around his conference room and could see that his team was ready.
    — Jay Glennie, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The conference is, too, but teams don’t get long runways in this league.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Trump said at the press conference prompting laughs.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The seventh-place team in each conference hosts the eighth-place team in a play-in game.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The seventh-place team in each conference hosts the eighth-place team in a play-in game.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • But all four teams in the conference finals have a version of that.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
  • And in an open conference, the Knicks are rising to the top.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The Inn has 12 guest rooms and a small conference room.
    — Tykesha Spivey Burton, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The conference will also be livestreamed here.
    — Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The teams play for the second time in conference play this season.
    — ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The teams meet for the second time in conference play this season.
    — ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Just the fact that the Utes are in a conference to begin with is a big deal.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 May 2022
  • All-conference and all-state second team.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026
  • So why was now the right time to make the jump to a program in a major conference?
    — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • But the Cavs' goal isn't just to make it to the conference finals.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • The Bearcats now have a week on the road where conference wins never come easy.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Phoenix and Mara were present at the press conference to show their support.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The city has yet to provide the records, Sletvold said at the conference.
    — Amanda Su, ABC News, 21 June 2022

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