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Recent Examples of chitchat Meanwhile, Green made do with a slightly depressing cafeteria lunch—a cheese-and-pickle sandwich and a shiny red apple—and some chitchat about the weather. Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025 There was a time in the not-so-distant past when people knew their neighbors’ names, made polite chitchat with strangers, and believed in fostering community — so say your older relatives unprompted at every conceivable opportunity. Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025 Hawkins makes this seem like a monumental spew of words rather than benign chitchat. Matthew Schnipper, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025 These were among the points of pre-roundtable chitchat on a recent afternoon in West Hollywood when The Times gathered five musicians nominated for prizes at February’s 67th Grammy Awards. Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for chitchat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chitchat
Noun
  • As mentioned above, your chats and inputs to generative AI are likely discoverable at this point to determine whether generative AI was used to create invention scope beyond what was disclosed by the original human inventors.
    Wen Xie, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Cox internet customer service Contact Cox customer service or check on a Cox internet outage via phone, text or online chat.
    Kara McGinley, USA Today, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • There was a lot of chatter about taxes and changes to the tax system for colleges.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
  • Both players are near the top of their respective positions, but there was a lot of chatter regarding Fitzpatrick.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • Trump has set a July 9 deadline for imposing reciprocal tariffs, but trade talks have run into obstacles including discussions over duties on farm goods, steel and car parts.
    Jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
  • June is your invitation to walk your talk and finally reclaim your power!
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025

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“Chitchat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chitchat. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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