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as in talk
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
Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 4 Nov. 2025
Spreading the word on the new film, Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Trachtenberg attended a special red-carpet screening event at the BFI Imax Waterloo in London last week, as well as an MCM Comic-con London panel, and in September sat down for a chat at SDCC Malaga.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Nov. 2025
My colleague Bryan Alexander visited the show's set and chatted with McEntire about finding love at 70 with her new fiancé (and co-star) Rex Linn.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
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Noun
ExpressVPN only takes around five minutes to set up and also promises lightning-quick connectivity and 24-hour live-chat support, and allows users to connect to any device, from computers to phones to tablets.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 4 Nov. 2025
Spreading the word on the new film, Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Trachtenberg attended a special red-carpet screening event at the BFI Imax Waterloo in London last week, as well as an MCM Comic-con London panel, and in September sat down for a chat at SDCC Malaga.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
But William recently chose not to address it directly while on a fireside chat with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour during his Earthshot Prize trip to Brazil.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Nov. 2025
My colleague Bryan Alexander visited the show's set and chatted with McEntire about finding love at 70 with her new fiancé (and co-star) Rex Linn.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chat
Noun
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The van reaches home ground and no one talks and the only sound along that final stretch is El Camello slapping himself to scare away mosquitoes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Senators are engaging in behind-the-scenes talks to reopen the government.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In an exclusive clip from their conversation below, which was shared with PEOPLE before the interview airs, Lara asks Hines how those close to her responded when Kennedy fully embraced MAGA.—
Greta Bjornson,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Beyond just apartments, the conversation in many races revolved — and diverged — around candidates’ attitudes toward growth in general.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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After reading Wuoronos’ story, Pralle began conversing with her through letters, eventually persuading Wuornos to let Pralle adopt her.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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Have people lost the ability to converse?—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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For the chattering women, by contrast, the tool of power is writing; and for people who were almost certainly illiterate, the writing takes on almost magical characteristics.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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Weiss, the entrepreneurial and opinionated co-founder of The Free Press website, is an irresistible story to the media chattering classes.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The key to calm is to not crash over a tidbit of gossip.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
6 Nov. 2025
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Group dynamics could shift, gossip may circulate and career moves are more likely to be misunderstood.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But alongside discussion of the hottest AI startups and new breakthroughs, Goldman Sachs had to set the record straight on one question.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Which makes for interesting discussion, this week and beyond, when the selection committee convenes.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Bearing rugelach, Brooks arrived late, shouted everyone down, and then—infuriatingly—made their work better.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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The video shows immigration agents arresting a man later identified as Dennis Quiñonez, as people shout that there is a child in the back of the car.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Rather than the stiff alien chitchat that dots his own screenplays, the characters in The Favourite trade the witty, venomous bon mots of The Great creator Tony McNamara.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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The initial touch marks the transition from regular life—chitchat, logistics, social armor—to the otherworldly realm of the massage, in which mind and body are uniquely harmonized, and some kind of euphoria is achieved.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Chat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chat. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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