videoconference
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of videoconference
First recorded in 1970–75; video + conference
Example Sentences
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“We locked eyes, and we’ve been close friends ever since, danced at each other’s weddings, held each other’s babies,” says Winograde, speaking via videoconference from Rovner’s Encino home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
“I would say we took a step forward today,” Mozeliak said on a videoconference after the trade deadline passed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Starmer will attend the Paris event in person, while most other countries will join via videoconference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said the G7 meeting, to be held via videoconference, would include energy and finance ministers as well as central bank chiefs and the heads of other international agencies.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
What was unusual, though, was that Portman sealed the deal via a videoconference with Maqbool Bin Ali Sultan, Oman’s minister of commerce and industry, who participated virtually from Muscat, the country’s capital.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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