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as in chatter
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
short chats between parents and teachers during the school's open house
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as in conversation
talking or a talk between two or more people
a fireside chat between two of America's foremost men of letters
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as in to talk
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
the coffeehouse became the favored place to meet friends and chat for hours
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as in to chatter
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
lost in his own world, the toddler chatted happily for hours
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Recent Examples of chat
Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Both collect tons of user data (including the contents of all your chats) and use it to train their models by default.
—PC Magazine, 19 June 2025
Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 18 June 2025
Special guests and close friends are expected to appear, to chat about their family life, careers, life experiences, homes and gardens.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 June 2025
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Noun
Look at your site search queries, your sales team scripts, your support chats.
—Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Both collect tons of user data (including the contents of all your chats) and use it to train their models by default.
—PC Magazine, 19 June 2025
Verb
Light jazz played on the speakers as an employee joyfully chatted with customers.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 18 June 2025
Special guests and close friends are expected to appear, to chat about their family life, careers, life experiences, homes and gardens.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chat
Noun
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Based on all the chatter coming out of camp, Wilson already seems to be having a positive influence on the Giants.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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There was a lot of chatter about the government replenishing local government consumer subsidy funds after strong demand, which led to depletion in several cities.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
Noun
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This conversation has been edited for length, clarity and continuity.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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After Trump announced on social media Saturday evening that U.S. stealth jets had flown to Iran and dropped bombs on nuclear sites, escalating an already tense situation, Democrats found themselves in a circular series of conversations.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 June 2025
Verb
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This means learning when to step back, when to feel and when to talk, as well as when to turn it off.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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One of the real pleasures of doing the book was talking to the ex-Panthers and the other ‘60s and ‘70s activists who, at this stage of their life, are very eager to have their stories put down.—
Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
19 June 2025
Verb
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But they were awakened around 2 a.m. Saturday by someone pounding on the front door and shouting, asking to enter and identifying himself as a police officer, the family recounted.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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Here, writer Sam Stone shouts out modern-style amari that are perfect for summer sipping.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Lifestyle can cover everything from dating, drama, entertainment, gossip, fashion, style, and cultural commentary to reaction videos and hotel reviews.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors The Gilded Age returns to HBO and Max this Sunday, kicking off season three at 9:00 pm ET/PT.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Liv Hewson ended up wearing the pink converse sneakers.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
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The chatbot converses with patients while simultaneously reviewing their medical records, then generates a ranked list of diagnoses and makes recommendations, such as for prescription drugs or lab tests.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Sometimes the most confident and extroverted C-suite representatives turn to jabbering wrecks when a camera is placed in front of them.—
Nikos Lemanis,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The first half hour is filled with the weirdly neutral techno jargon of soldiers jabbering code words into their headphones to what I (as a know-nothing) am tempted to call Mission Control.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There’s no chitchat with Woll; only lengthy, philosophical conversations about the world around him.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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The extensive, sharp-pointedly aphoristic high-society chitchat, the very soul of theatre, threatens real-life consequences.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Chat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chat. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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