: having an informal or intimate quality
a fireside chat
Examples of fireside in a Sentence
Noun
We sat chatting at the fireside.
couldn't wait to get off the plane and back to his comfortable fireside
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Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Copenhagen Distillery, Single Malt Whisky, Raw Edition Nights still grow cold in the Spring, and the occasional fireside pour isn’t unthinkable.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Elon Musk engaged in a fireside chat Thursday with famed startup accelerator Y Combinator.
—Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Noun
Infantino made these bold statements in a wide-ranging fireside chat with Fox Sports’ Jordan Schultz at Fanatics Fest on Sunday afternoon in New York City, before heading across the Hudson River to catch a Club World Cup match at nearby MetLife Stadium.
—Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Copenhagen Distillery, Single Malt Whisky, Raw Edition Nights still grow cold in the Spring, and the occasional fireside pour isn’t unthinkable.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Adjective
The three-day event, sponsored by Cognizant and Google Cloud, includes panels, fireside chats, roundtable discussions and networking sessions with leaders in health care, tech, policymaking, media, finance and more.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Elon Musk engaged in a fireside chat Thursday with famed startup accelerator Y Combinator.
—Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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“Fireside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fireside. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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