I will be pulled into a meeting vs I would be pulled into a meeting

Both phrases are correct, but they convey different levels of certainty. 'I will be pulled into a meeting' indicates a definite future event. 'I would be pulled into a meeting' suggests a hypothetical or conditional situation. The choice between 'will' and 'would' depends on the context and the speaker's intention.

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I will be pulled into a meeting

This phrase is correct and commonly used to express a future event with certainty.

This phrase is used to indicate a definite future event that the speaker expects to happen.

Examples:

I will be pulled into a meeting tomorrow.
She will be pulled into a meeting with the CEO next week.

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I got pulled into a meeting.
I got pulled into a meeting, and I turned my g off. I'm sorry. Well, you know,
On the last day I will be pulled to the depths.
But I'm given to understand that the French Energy Minister, Honor Bertrand has pulled this meeting together with great skill.
Meeting jenna pulled me out of it.
Well, there was a meeting, he probably got pulled into it.
All your teeth will be pulled.
By midnight, this planet will be pulled inside out.
So a slug of uranium about two by six inches will be pulled by this weight.
Anna will be pulled away for safety, and then she'll make a move.
The creatures in the water will be pulled up to the ice field because of this force.
I calculate that a building from this side Will be pulled over there, Inhabitants and all...
Anna will be pulled away for safety, and then she'll make a move.
Reggie and his soul mate will be pulled to their feet by an intractable universal force.
Right. And Dr. Monroe really pulled you into that meeting to scold you for flirting with her residents.
One last step... and when I take powerthey will be pulled down and ground into dirt... for what they did to you... and what they did in so contemptuously underestimating me.
No, I got pulled into this last minute TCG meeting.
Now, because of last year, the captain will suspect that you are all helping me, so we will never get anywhere near his watch, but the actual theft will be pulled off by Dan McCreary, aka "fingers."
I would like to ask the Commissioner whether this means that, in the fullness of time, when this independent status has been attained, the KFOR troops will be pulled out and will be replaced by European troops?
I merely want to refuse to be pulled into a debate which, in my opinion, has no sense, for it consists of laying out nightmare scenarios for the fun of it, instead of rationalizing the concrete facts which we have.

Alternatives:

I am going to be pulled into a meeting
I shall be pulled into a meeting
I'm going to have a meeting
I'm scheduled for a meeting
I'm set to attend a meeting

I would be pulled into a meeting

This phrase is correct and is used to express a hypothetical or conditional situation.

This phrase is used to talk about a possible situation that may or may not happen, depending on certain conditions.