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as in talked
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 drooled
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 chatted
Sombr chatted with an invisible talk show host and invited fans on stage to call their exes (and their exes' moms).
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Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo chatted about his roster for the 2025-26 season.
—Christian Romo, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Appearing on the latest episode of the Dumb Blonde podcast, Bon Jovi, 63, chatted about his family history with host Bunnie Xo.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Tessa Thompson chatted with fellow actress Emma Roberts, who sat next to singer Ciara and posed with actress Jessica Alba.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Both men smiled and chatted for a moment before Lemieux drove off.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
But the two warmly chatted like pals whose friendship goes back a long way.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
At the WellChild Awards in London on Monday, May 8, Harry, 40, chatted with 13-year-old Grace Tutt, a Special Recognition winner who uses a wheelchair following a bus crash.
—Erin Hill, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
First slaying Prowell met with 51-year-old Miguel Angel King on July 20, 2021, after prosecutors say the men chatted over an online dating app.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo chatted about his roster for the 2025-26 season.
—Christian Romo, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Appearing on the latest episode of the Dumb Blonde podcast, Bon Jovi, 63, chatted about his family history with host Bunnie Xo.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Tessa Thompson chatted with fellow actress Emma Roberts, who sat next to singer Ciara and posed with actress Jessica Alba.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Both men smiled and chatted for a moment before Lemieux drove off.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
But the two warmly chatted like pals whose friendship goes back a long way.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
At the WellChild Awards in London on Monday, May 8, Harry, 40, chatted with 13-year-old Grace Tutt, a Special Recognition winner who uses a wheelchair following a bus crash.
—Erin Hill, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
First slaying Prowell met with 51-year-old Miguel Angel King on July 20, 2021, after prosecutors say the men chatted over an online dating app.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatted
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Bill Zito hasn’t talked to Aleksander Barkov since the Florida Panthers’ underwent surgery on Friday to repair the ACL and MCL in his right knee and will sideline him at minimum for between seven and nine months.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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Hung out with him for a long time and talked.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Keong says these pillow protectors slide easily over her puffiest pillows, wash up well at the laundromat, and help prevent her new pillows from getting too drooled-on to be presentable for overnight guests.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
23 Sep. 2025
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Akkasca returned to the vehicle, took a video documenting the car’s lack of damage, conversed with Hertz employees and managers about it, and was told the app would talk directly to him – which was untrue, reported Carscoops.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Diners chattered away and ate at the restaurant while wedding guests gathered on the dance floor.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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The government was sufficiently rattled to rescind the ban the next morning.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The shaking broke some windows in Berkeley and rattled products off the shelves in some stores.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2025
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Resy shouted out the wine selection, which focuses on local options from Arizona and California, and items from the small but stellar dining menu, such as the squash risotto (with optional crab) and the half-chicken with black garlic for two.—
Endia Fontanez,
AZCentral.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Video from the Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel shows floodwater bursting through the closed lobby doors, quickly rising to knee height while staff shouted for guests to evacuate.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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As Lindell babbled on about baseless conspiracy theories involving voting in De Baraso’s home state of Georgia, the 12-year-old shut him down.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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Although full disclosure, those two words were muttered in the press box Sunday after Nix had thrown two unsightly picks through the first three quarters of the Broncos’ win over Tennessee.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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There are few actors whose disembodied voices could carry long stretches of cinema, but Dafoe manages it, turning monologues about marionette mechanics or muttered complaints about hotel politics into something weirdly magnetic.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Chatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatted. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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