as in chatting
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
the kind of work environment in which staffers can knock off early on Friday and chin with the boss
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Harmon frequently treks through the desert, wearing ankle braces and an orange safety vest, chatting with Border Patrol agents who appear to have taken to her.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026 -
The 24-year-old actor revealed his preferences for male body hair while chatting about doing nude scenes alongside his costar Connor Storrie in Heated Rivalry, on the latest episode of the Shut Up Evan podcast.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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As the industry now begins talking seriously about agentic AI, a more independent and decision-capable form of artificial intelligence, the question is no longer whether AI will reshape cars, but how far it should be allowed to go.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Many survivors have been helped by talking things through with a licensed psychotherapist.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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All manner of inquiries might be required to tease out of the person what transpired while conversing with the AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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Claude Code, released in February 2025, was Anthropic’s first successful attempt at building an AI agent—a system that takes actions on the user’s behalf, rather than merely conversing in a chat interface.—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Chinning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chinning. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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