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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
News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 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
Class action spans three years of chats As AI tools like Perplexity’s have become ubiquitous, users have good reason to be concerned that their prompts and chats may be leaked.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
Important messages get buried in group chats with 50 people.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
And our group chats bubbled up over pillowy ‘ballet slipper lip’ products, a concealer with skin care benefits and 12 hour wear, and an innovative ‘botox in a bottle’ wrinkle serum.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026
The scene sees Jo-Ellen get glammed with her 3-year-old daughter, Jolie, in her lap as her husband, Gary, chats with her.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2026
In the virtual worlds of online gaming, players have posted abusive messages in chats, created antisemitic imagery and even given themselves bigoted usernames.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors say messages between the two show discussions about deleting chats, securing contracts and moving money.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 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
There is her next-door neighbor, Elwood, but the screenwriter’s agoraphobia allows for just short chats through open windows.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 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
Class action spans three years of chats As AI tools like Perplexity’s have become ubiquitous, users have good reason to be concerned that their prompts and chats may be leaked.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
Important messages get buried in group chats with 50 people.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
And our group chats bubbled up over pillowy ‘ballet slipper lip’ products, a concealer with skin care benefits and 12 hour wear, and an innovative ‘botox in a bottle’ wrinkle serum.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026
The scene sees Jo-Ellen get glammed with her 3-year-old daughter, Jolie, in her lap as her husband, Gary, chats with her.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2026
In the virtual worlds of online gaming, players have posted abusive messages in chats, created antisemitic imagery and even given themselves bigoted usernames.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors say messages between the two show discussions about deleting chats, securing contracts and moving money.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 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
Noun
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The countries are to hold talks this week on cementing the truce, which each hailed as an unalloyed victory.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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During the regular session budget talks stalemated largely on the overall size of the spending plan.—
News Service Of Florida,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2026
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Mercury in your 10th House of Career trines blessed Jupiter in your 2nd House of Analytics, so conversations can lift your income or unlock other support.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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Per the complaint, Gay admitted to engaging in text and Reddit conversations with the undercover account after being read his Miranda rights.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
3 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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Those big tires with big sidewalls soak up a lot of the road chatter before the suspension even starts suspending.—
Joe Salas
April 07,
New Atlas,
7 Apr. 2026
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August 23 – September 22 Clarity lands where chatter once created noise.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Apr. 2026
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Signaling progress in the peace talks, Axios reported that Washington and Tehran were engaged in discussions mediated by some Gulf states for a potential 45-day ceasefire that could end the conflict, although the odds for reaching a partial deal before the Tuesday deadline were slim.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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In fact, discussions about philosophy, politics and religion might be profound or thought-provoking to you.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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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Patientce Foster, her long-time creative director, shouts in approval.—
Jazmine Hughes,
Allure,
24 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 9 Apr. 2026.
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