as in discussion
talking or a talk between two or more people
Thomas Jefferson was celebrated for his brilliant, wide-ranging conversations with a host of friends and acquaintances
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Recent Examples of conversation
The result is that these Iranian characters, when talking among themselves in their native tongue, sound awfully like Americans having a conversation in the mall or at a nearby table at a restaurant.
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Gallery guards keep a watchful eye on any verboten photo taking or loud conversation.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026
And so really that was all that conversation was.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2026
From the very first conversation, Kayla made her mission clear.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Gallery guards keep a watchful eye on any verboten photo taking or loud conversation.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026
And so really that was all that conversation was.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2026
From the very first conversation, Kayla made her mission clear.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversation
Noun
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Meaningful conversations between my wife and me are thwarted by her unwillingness to engage in rational discussions.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
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The negotiators discussed the Strait of Hormuz, Baghaei said, but did not mention discussion of nuclear weapons.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Inside this building, generations of artists a century apart converse about similarly distressing and awe-inducing encounters between us and our technological creations.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
19 Mar. 2026
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The two converse as if Janet is a hostage on a permanent Zoom call, always sitting in the same room, in the same clothes, talking to the same nonexistent camera.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The bedroom exchange never went through, but both Amy and Gretchen have honored our 1970 agreement.—
David Sedaris,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Such clean behavior strongly points to an origin in isolated binary systems, where two stars are born together, evolve side by side, exchange mass, and eventually collapse into black holes that merge without interference from their surroundings.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Carlson isn’t alone; Steve Bannon, Candace Owens, and others in the Republican Party have tagged Israel as the aggressor, and the framing has become part of popular discourse and media reporting.—
Jennifer Lutz,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Hadházy explained that the Orbán family mansion, the rail line, and the soccer stadium have now become part of Hungarian discourse and public opinion.—
Rob Schmitz,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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Across group chats, bridal forums, and doctors’ offices, a growing number of engaged couples are turning to GLP-1 medications—drugs originally developed to treat diabetes and now widely prescribed for weight loss—as part of their wedding preparation timeline.—
Sara Radin,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Superbad star broke the news during a chat with Martin Scorsese for Interview Magazine.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Like most of Big Mistakes, this scene is noisy, jam-packed with fast cuts and overlapping dialogue and edited within an inch of its life.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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Cheng has called her trip a peace mission to show that dialogue is possible with Beijing to ease tensions.—
Ashish Valentine,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Conversation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversation. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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