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In written English, the phrase "confer by" is not commonly used.
It would be more appropriate to use "confer with" instead. For example: My professor suggested I confer with him before submitting my final assignment.
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The two confer by phone several times a day, he said.
But Mr. Aboud, who spoke frequently in class, would encourage Ms. Confer by saying, "Just to expand on Molly's point......
Tutors some of them university staff and students—visit or confer by video once a week or a fortnight, staying in touch meanwhile by e-mail.
Both TransCanada and the Laborers International Union off North America touted the construction jobs that the pipeline would create and the national-security bonus that it would confer by replacing Middle Eastern oil with Canadian.
Later today, heads of state in Europe are expected to confer by phone as their stock markets ricochet, a reaction in part to a lack of consensus among European officials on how to best combat the debt crisis there.
The Metropolitan police commissioner has now admitted that there was, in fact, conferring between the officers," Owen said, adding that the IPCC had provided further opportunity to confer by organising meetings attended by groups of officers to put the questions to them.
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They conferred by telephone.
Motility, when present, is conferred by flagella.
The sobriquet, conferred by Cicero, was intended as a compliment.
The justices then conferred by telephone before reaching a decision.
The Soviet Union lacks the authority conferred by success.
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