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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 chattered
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
While on the red carpet, the couple chatted exclusively with PEOPLE about their thoughts on all things theater.
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Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
Rohan chatted with the women while the children darted around, sneaking looks at us and giggling.
—Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
In his first trip to Kauffman Stadium as a member of the Brewers MLB organization, Misiorowski chatted with reporters Friday in Milwaukee’s dugout.
—Pete Grathoff
april 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
Viewers on the live stream, meanwhile, chatted excitedly about unusual species, including a sea star that resembled Patrick Star from the cartoon Spongebob Squarepants.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
Campbell shook hands and chatted it up with scores of familiar faces during the workout at Sac State, including Hornets athletic director Mark Orr.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
As gentle electronica played over a crackly speaker, the women laughed and chatted, eventually doing as asked.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Plus, the star sat for an interview about all things Hannah with Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper, chatted with parents Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus, and recalled everything from Taylor Swift’s cameo in the Hannah Montana movie to touring with The Jonas Brothers.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2026
Others stood and chatted with one another or Transportation Security Administration agents, who are working unpaid.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
Rohan chatted with the women while the children darted around, sneaking looks at us and giggling.
—Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
In his first trip to Kauffman Stadium as a member of the Brewers MLB organization, Misiorowski chatted with reporters Friday in Milwaukee’s dugout.
—Pete Grathoff
april 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
Viewers on the live stream, meanwhile, chatted excitedly about unusual species, including a sea star that resembled Patrick Star from the cartoon Spongebob Squarepants.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
Campbell shook hands and chatted it up with scores of familiar faces during the workout at Sac State, including Hornets athletic director Mark Orr.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
As gentle electronica played over a crackly speaker, the women laughed and chatted, eventually doing as asked.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Plus, the star sat for an interview about all things Hannah with Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper, chatted with parents Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus, and recalled everything from Taylor Swift’s cameo in the Hannah Montana movie to touring with The Jonas Brothers.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2026
Others stood and chatted with one another or Transportation Security Administration agents, who are working unpaid.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatted
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He's also started to reinterview people investigators first talked with at the time Nathan Edberg went missing.—
Ashley Grams,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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DeLoy and his three oldest kids hadn't talked since.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Our lives and bodies conversed and chattered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Dec. 2025
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Clancy then walked in from behind the stage, carrying a bouquet of flowers as the students chattered.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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Reunions everywhere For almost an hour before the teams squared off, Warriors guard Pat Spencer sat next to and conversed with his younger brother Cam, a shooting guard on the Grizzlies.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Voices conversed in friendly banter as a speaker boomed old Motown hits and even some Jethro Tull.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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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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Santilli shouted into the megaphone.—
Josh Owens,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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Lovato shouted when someone asked how Gomez was doing in 2010.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2026
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But Bhatta was hypothermic and occasionally babbled gibberish.—
Gregory Thomas,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Mar. 2026
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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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Melton sputtered in his previous five games.—
Ron Kroichick,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 Apr. 2026
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On the bedside table, my phone sputtered awake.—
Shafiq Najib,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The prospect of a strong El Niño has rattled forecasters, who fear an unprecedented wave of global heat into 2027.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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But some Republicans were also rattled by a Georgia special election, where their candidate to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress won by a much slimmer margin than the party enjoyed in the past.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Chatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatted. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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