Definition of socializenext
as in to mingle
to take part in social activities he likes to socialize with his coworkers after work ends

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Recent Examples of socialize Attaining that feeling requires getting out of our PJs and going out to do things such as socialize with friends and help people who need a hand. CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026 Manning made relationships with other writers through Women Who Submit, a community of women and nonbinary writers, and is part of Alta Writers, a group of women who gathered monthly to write and socialize at the home of novelist Désirée Zamorano. Erica Zora Wrightson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026 Beer companies, unsurprisingly, have embraced this line of thinking, with several advertising their products as a solution to a lack of socializing. Aria Bendix, NBC news, 24 Jan. 2026 All together, this combination of costumes and period dance — with waltz music by Johann Strauss I — created a vision of a long-ago time in Europe or America, when balls and village dances provided a key way for people to socialize. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for socialize
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  • The campaign features the trio mingling at a wedding and mayhem ensuing when a Bud Light keg rolls down a steel hill.
    John Kell, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • There will be a VIP tent, places for children to run and play, and an opportunity for law enforcement and firefighters to mingle with the public.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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  • Long a collectors’ holy grail, this searching, atmospheric soundtrack recorded for Chicago’s Adler Planetarium in 1993 mixes spiritual jazz with avant-garde pan-Africanism.
    Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Here, mixing different chain thicknesses lends itself well to creating some messy texture to make the outfit feel more relaxed and organic.
    Abby Morgan Lebet, Glamour, 3 Feb. 2026
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  • It’s definitively associated with the distant protocluster, with the right spectrum of X-ray energies.
    Big Think, Big Think, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Brendan Behan is often reductively associated with Dublin pub culture and literary banter.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026

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“Socialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialize. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.

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