causeries

noun

plural of causerie
as in chats
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this the monthly departmental causeries did much to foster a sense of community

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  1. chats
  2. talks
  3. chin music
  4. table talk
  5. chatter
  6. small talk
  7. jaws
Noun
  • Conclave director Edward Berger, Banijay Entertainment CEO Marco Bassetti, Canal+ Deputy CEO Anna Marsh and Jane Tranter, exec producer of Industry and Succession, will all feature in fireside chats at MIA 2026.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Beyond the comparisons, the platform generates images, chats with uploaded PDFs and images for context-aware answers, and saves chat history for ongoing projects.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of chats
Noun
  • Former mayor Harry Sidhu went to prison on corruption charges, and the two parties never re-engaged on talks.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In our first episode, Cruel talks with actress Olivia Munn about her experience with breast cancer.
    — Kara McGrath, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of talks
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Warren’s second pitch of that plate appearance made for some chin music — more so than the one that Contreras walked on — and earned a glare from the batter.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
  • Arjun Ashokan’s character uses the chokeslam, and Ishan Shoukath’s character Little delivers the sweet chin music kick.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of chin music
Noun
  • When the table talk turns political, Hagains suggests shifting your approach instead of your mood.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Each monthly box includes three recipe guides, skill lessons, a kitchen tool, a kitchen project, an apron patch, table talk cards, and a grocery list.
    — Jessica Booth, Parents, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of table talk
Noun
  • Tech Challenges While the chair’s speech and the sideline chatter about economic and political events frequently dominate news from the symposium, Jackson Hole is also an important forum for high level debate on economic research.
    — Maria Eloisa Capurro, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • In a sprightly performance rife with oddball mannerisms, Gnecco gives Borges equal parts impish wisdom, earthy vulgarity and childlike wonder, rarely letting a moment’s silence go unfilled with eager chatter.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of chatter
Noun
  • What began as awkward small talk with strangers quickly becomes conversations with like-minded people.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Frazier said that the woman was known to frequently walk around the neighborhood sparking up small talk.
    — Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of small talk
Noun
  • This can lead women to clench their jaws or pelvic muscles, or grind their teeth.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
  • One of the most prominent farms was at Hamat Gader, a tourist site near the Jordanian border, where visitors watched handlers wrestle crocodiles, force open their jaws and flip them onto their backs.
    — Irus Braverman, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of jaws
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“Causeries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/causeries. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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