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as in talks
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 conversations
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 converses
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 chatters
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 chats
Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
This cozy lamp adds just the right glow for outdoor meals and late-night chats.
—Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
Her content began to morph into chats centering around history and then science.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
But the film's high points come via the casual, intimate chats between Swift and collaborators Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff.
—Janey Tracey, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Wednesday’s announcement is the first large-scale step toward making AI chats part of Meta’s core ad business.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Texting remains Gen Z’s primary social communication method, often generating hundreds of messages a day within large group chats.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025
Vulture asked our two drama critics, Jackson McHenry and Sara Holdren, to go (separately) and review the show (together) with a few side chats of their own.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Microsoft is bringing a similar feature, called Office Agent, to regular Microsoft 365 Copilot chats as well.
—PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Below, Dev Hynes chats with Billboard about how his new Blood Orange record came together, and how aging and nostalgia inspired his rawest album yet.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Soon ChatGPT will be able to create user playlists directly on Spotify or browse apartment listings on Zillow right from chats, OpenAI announced on Monday.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
This cozy lamp adds just the right glow for outdoor meals and late-night chats.
—Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
Her content began to morph into chats centering around history and then science.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
But the film's high points come via the casual, intimate chats between Swift and collaborators Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff.
—Janey Tracey, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Wednesday’s announcement is the first large-scale step toward making AI chats part of Meta’s core ad business.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Texting remains Gen Z’s primary social communication method, often generating hundreds of messages a day within large group chats.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025
Vulture asked our two drama critics, Jackson McHenry and Sara Holdren, to go (separately) and review the show (together) with a few side chats of their own.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Microsoft is bringing a similar feature, called Office Agent, to regular Microsoft 365 Copilot chats as well.
—PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
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One of the three new global ambassadors for BOSS Bottled Beyond, Maluma chats behind-the-scenes of shooting the new campaign with Bradley Cooper and Vinicius Júnior.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Below, Dev Hynes chats with Billboard about how his new Blood Orange record came together, and how aging and nostalgia inspired his rawest album yet.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chats
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Health care talks plant seeds to resolve shutdown Federal subsidies for people to participate in the Affordable Care Act, which is nicknamed Obamacare, are expiring at the end of the year.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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President Petr Pavel, who will appoint the next prime minister, was expected to start talks with party leaders on Sunday.—
Reuters 3 hr ago,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Grading student work with AI About 7% of the conversations Anthropic analyzed were about grading student work.—
Lee V. Gaines,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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At first, Armstrong recalled, the conversations with Briere were brief as his new boss preferred to get down to business right away.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Some online chatter has also attributed the smaller options to the rise of Wegovy, Ozempic and other weight loss drugs.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Rodger’s upcoming debut novel, which is due to publish in 2027, has been directing chatter in worldwide circles, leading to the auction.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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Previous discussions have drawn opposition to further commercializing the area, though, and a Sierra Club representative said that sentiment stands.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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He is seen as a younger, more moderate voice – having vowed to clean up politics, initiate discussions on constitutional reform and allow married couples to use separate surnames, something currently banned under law.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Time Out rightly shouts out Isseido Booksellers, a two-story treasure trove of antique books.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Oct. 2025
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Ben shouts out of his car window.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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The exchanges have included headline-making ripostes from Christian Pulisic and his entourage.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Throughout its journey through Scorpio, Mercury will interact with several planets, which will continue to influence our conversations and exchanges.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Chats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chats. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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