How to Use confab in a Sentence

confab

noun
  • This was Roth-Con, a confab of Philip stans in the belly of Rothlandia.
    — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • At least the sea bass served at the U.N. confab represents progress.
    — Kevin Maney, Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2017
  • This week’s Davos confab is sure to be more sobering than most.
    — Jennifer Duggan, Time, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Rolf texted Durkan a few hours after the confab in Seattle.
    — Lewis Kamb, The Seattle Times, 18 Sep. 2018
  • Signs indicate the confab and fest are not yet back at full strength.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025
  • Many other pols are poised to speak at the party confab, the state party said.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Here are the big stories—and the big absences—from the last 24 hours at gaming's biggest confab.
    — Julie Muncy, WIRED, 12 June 2019
  • But what was clear from the outset was that the Swiss confab wasn’t going to move the needle either way.
    — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2024
  • New Nordic Films’ confab in Haugesund, which runs Aug 23-26.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The action takes place in the fictional Vista Al Mar comics confab.
    — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2023
  • That's the theme of this bizarre confab soon to roll into Los Angeles.
    — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2011
  • Here are some key issues to watch for at the GOP confab, which lasts until Sunday.
    — Alexei Koseff, sacbee, 4 May 2018
  • The vice president will not be in New York for the diplomatic confab.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The annual confab, closed to the press and outside observers, was started by Bill Gates in 1997.
    — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 14 May 2017
  • After the confab, Tillerson will fly to Turkey, where the Syria plan is likely to be raised as well.
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 7 July 2017
  • The question of who knew what, and when, has been raised at these confabs, according to people with knowledge of them.
    — Joe Pompeo, The Hive, 7 Dec. 2017
  • The confab marks the CW’s return to the venue for the first time in two years after the coronavirus pandemic scuttled most mass events.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Jan. 2022
  • To be fair, this confab seems to have become Roshomon-like, according to Werner Krauss.
    — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2011
  • But the peak moments came and went, often within a phrase or two, a confab that felt short-circuited at times.
    — Martin Wisckol, Orange County Register, 11 June 2017
  • Even the city’s annual hedge fund confab gives off a new vibe this election season.
    — Michael Smith, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Most of the attention is initially on Jason and Janet and Nia and Danny, who have a little confab in the pool.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 25 June 2025
  • Reid was announced to speak at this year's confab last November.
    — Andy Gensler, Billboard, 19 May 2017
  • The confab, headquartered at the city’s Cobo Center, ends Sunday.
    — Donna Owens, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2017
  • This confab was the latest brutish two-step in a decades-long political dance between the U.S. and El Salvador.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 30 June 2025
  • The event has done the one thing such confabs are supposed never to do, which is expose the truth about climate change and the race to net-zero carbon emissions.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Matrone caught sight of their confab and watched the two men in worried conversation.
    — Joshua Hammer, GQ, 26 July 2017
  • One report suggests that Xi was injured by a chair hurled during a fractious confab of CCP princelings.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The company is projecting a nightly rate of $163 for this week’s confab.
    — Lori Weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 July 2017
  • Still, some of the tensions underlying the global confab weren't hard to detect.
    — Fox News, 24 Sep. 2018
  • VidCon also has opened ticket sales for the 2023 Anaheim confab, with more info at this link.
    — Variety, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2022

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