videoconference
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of videoconference
First recorded in 1970–75; video + conference
Example Sentences
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“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
The videoconference set for Tuesday will be a chance to draw "lessons" from the Ceuta episode, von der Leyen said, warning the challenges of illegal immigration require "a common European response, united action and solidarity".
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
France meanwhile ordered its 2.5 million civil servants to replace Microsoft Teams and Zoom with Visio, a domestically built videoconference platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
New recruits sign up to a strict internal code of conduct, their swearing-in ceremonies sometimes conducted by videoconference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 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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