teleconferencing
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of teleconferencing
First recorded in 1970–75; teleconference + -ing 1
Example Sentences
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“I was walking through the mess decks the other day and I could hear a baby crying because someone was teleconferencing with their infant that they haven’t even met yet,” Hill said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024
Smoot’s journey took him initially to Bell Labs, where he worked on early video teleconferencing tech, before beginning talks with Disney in 1998.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024
But for me, it’s been an immense comfort to go into video chats knowing that a stuffy corporate teleconferencing utility that’s worth billions of dollars has inadvertently armed me with a superpower.
From Slate • Oct. 25, 2022
She went to work every day at 5 a.m. at a teleconferencing company and then attended community college classes.
From Washington Post • May 1, 2022
Some of the Indian accounting firms even go about marketing themselves to American firms through teleconferencing and skip the travel.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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