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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
Jessica Hill, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
As part of the agreement, Roblox will implement facial age estimation technology to limit younger users' chats to only those in similar age groups.
—CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Since homeowners aren’t allowed to argue back and forth during live meetings, the same rule should apply to meeting chats.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Your 4th House of Foundations gets talkative as intellectual Mercury enters, making chats about your space easier to plan and finish.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2026
Nibble is a bite-sized learning app that turns spare minutes into interactive lessons, games, and AI chats.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
But unless a parent enables chat, children under 13 are automatically blocked from direct messaging and children under 9 are automatically blocked from in-game chats.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 13 Apr. 2026
In others, extensive chats with large language models such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini lead to novel proof strategies.
—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
Study came out a little while ago, talking about sycophancy in LLM chats and its effect on sort of attribution of fault during conflict.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Jarrett frequently appears in her videos, including sit-down Q&A chats the couple films together.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
Host Mary Louise Kelly chats with national security correspondent Greg Myre and books and culture reporter Andrew Limbong about some of their favorite books and authors in the world of espionage fiction.
—December 29, NPR, 29 Dec. 2025
Gathered around the couch, in a spacious living room soundtracked by hushed jazz piano, her little sister disassociates with headphones while her pops casually chats to her stepmother; observing from a wheelchair is her 94-year-old great-grandmother.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2025
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
Noun
As part of the agreement, Roblox will implement facial age estimation technology to limit younger users’ chats to only those in similar age groups.
—Jessica Hill, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
As part of the agreement, Roblox will implement facial age estimation technology to limit younger users' chats to only those in similar age groups.
—CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Since homeowners aren’t allowed to argue back and forth during live meetings, the same rule should apply to meeting chats.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Your 4th House of Foundations gets talkative as intellectual Mercury enters, making chats about your space easier to plan and finish.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2026
Nibble is a bite-sized learning app that turns spare minutes into interactive lessons, games, and AI chats.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
But unless a parent enables chat, children under 13 are automatically blocked from direct messaging and children under 9 are automatically blocked from in-game chats.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 13 Apr. 2026
In others, extensive chats with large language models such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini lead to novel proof strategies.
—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
Study came out a little while ago, talking about sycophancy in LLM chats and its effect on sort of attribution of fault during conflict.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
Honey Cooper chats with Professor Nader Gergis before attending his class on Wednesday.
—Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Jarrett frequently appears in her videos, including sit-down Q&A chats the couple films together.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
Host Mary Louise Kelly chats with national security correspondent Greg Myre and books and culture reporter Andrew Limbong about some of their favorite books and authors in the world of espionage fiction.
—December 29, NPR, 29 Dec. 2025
Gathered around the couch, in a spacious living room soundtracked by hushed jazz piano, her little sister disassociates with headphones while her pops casually chats to her stepmother; observing from a wheelchair is her 94-year-old great-grandmother.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2025
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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Mediators are pushing for a compromise on three main sticking points that derailed direct talks last weekend — Iran’s nuclear program, the Strait of Hormuz and compensation for wartime damages, according to a regional official involved in the mediation efforts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Iran has also acknowledged indirect talks.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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With the Moon in your sign linking to Jupiter in your communication zone, conversations feel smoother and more supportive.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Apr. 2026
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Start by having one of these conversations with your partner.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Epstein converses with Summers Larry Summers, Clinton’s Treasury secretary and the director of the National Economic Council under former President Obama, corresponded with Epstein numerous times via email.—
Max Rego,
The Hill,
13 Nov. 2025
Verb
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He’s best known at this point either for playing the clownish Jack on Will & Grace or for being the relatively serious one of the three celebrity chatters on his podcast, Smartless.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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There was plenty of chatter about keeping an eye on the Lakers as a potential sleeper team in the West before Luka Doncic (hamstring) and Austin Reaves (oblique) went down with injuries this month.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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But most of his chatter during the night was about the larger issues that prompted the tour just a matter of weeks earlier.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2026
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Meaningful conversations between my wife and me are thwarted by her unwillingness to engage in rational discussions.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Recent revelations have shown a top member of Orban’s government frequently shared the contents of EU discussions with Moscow, raising accusations that Hungary was acting on Russia’s behalf within the bloc.—
Justin Spike,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Biff shouts at him at the show’s excruciating climax) sways between light and dark, between the road and the deadly shoulder, advancing through his last hours on earth as if through the stations of the cross.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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Molina-Mulcahy additionally shouts out color as a major sunglasses trend for 2026.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
26 Mar. 2026
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Just search The Outside Podcast on YouTube to enjoy these chitchats with your eyes as well as your ears.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Chats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chats. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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