teleconference
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of teleconference
First recorded in 1950–55; tele- 1 + conference
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Oil executives from state-run oil companies in the Gulf attempted to express the gravity of the situation via teleconference, because they couldn’t attend in person as originally expected.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
Both parties have been ordered to participate in a May 30 mediation teleconference to determine custody or visitation if the two fail to come up with a plan before then using online court tools.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
"The bottom line is that $11bn is too expensive, and not returning samples until 2040 is unacceptably too long," Nasa administrator Bill Nelson told reporters in a Monday teleconference.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2024
The WHO said Chinese health officials on Thursday provided the data it requested during a teleconference.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2023
NASA's engineers debated the computer problem in a cross-country teleconference.
From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus
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 court will spend hours in teleconferenced hearings — with the world listening in — on three cases with potential landmark constitutional consequences.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2020
On February 23rd, Xi teleconferenced with 170,000 local officials, describing the pandemic as the hardest public-health emergency to contain since the founding of the People's Republic.
From Salon ● May 3, 2020
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
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
In April, the White House said Musk was invited to a discussion about electric cars and charging stations and did make an appearance by teleconferencing.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 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
More than two decades before companies like Skype helped make two-way video calls part of everyday life, Jenkins had improvised his own teleconferencing system and used it to make art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 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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