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
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
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
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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