teleconference
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of teleconference
First recorded in 1950–55; tele- 1 + conference
Example Sentences
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A task force audited companies in the three provinces and presented its findings to President Prabowo Subianto during a teleconference on Monday, State Secretariat Minister Prasetyo Hadi told reporters the day after.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
"We worked our entire life," one panicked retiree declared at Huizenga's most recent town hall, held via teleconference.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2025
On Monday the duo appeared in court via teleconference - the first time they've attended a hearing in years - to find out next steps in their bid for release.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024
“I consider him a very important player for the future of this team,” Pochettino told reporters during a teleconference Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2024
NASA's engineers debated the computer problem in a cross-country teleconference.
From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette
Last Monday, 28 years after their last courtroom appearance, the brothers teleconferenced into a hearing from prison, during which their aunt pleaded for their release.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
He teleconferenced in to a California media event.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2021
The teleconferenced meetings were announced in news releases to the news media, who were able to call in and listen.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2020
Inside what they were calling “the Chelsea Manning room,” on the eve of Edward Snowden’s teleconferenced keynote from his forced asylum in Russia, Nowosielski began his speech with the words, “World, meet Alfreda Bikowsky.”
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2018
He got Mrs. Vitale onto her feet, examined her, took her vital signs, called her daughter and teleconferenced with a doctor.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2016
“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
The long fight for Bakhmut is backed by consumer tech — messaging apps, teleconferencing services, cloud-synced mapping software and drones.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023
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
With the “after call” option, you can have them automatically start up a Spotify playlist after you’ve wrapped up a teleconferencing call.
From The Verge ● May 18, 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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