chit

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Recent Examples of chit Pecknold had to snap out of the chit-chat and remember that the uber-mature Quillan was different from his teammates in many ways. Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025 Students read, slept, chit-chatted and scrolled through Tik Tok. Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025 In my experience, these conversations often uncover partnership possibilities that would never emerge from superficial chit-chat. Pranav Dalal, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025 Carter instituted a policy that there would be no breaks for chit-chat, autographs, or selfies until the day was done. Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for chit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chit
Noun
  • There’s no need to sing a song of a lass that is gone.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
  • In a trice couples formed, and the dancers whirled away more wildly, more extravagantly than before, for all the lads and lasses were fired with ambition to show us how real Hungarians could dance.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • This cake type was the sort fed to train and trench weary doughboys by Great War doughnut lassies (or doughnut dollies, depending) and flour, baking powder, sugar, and lard were all in good supply for the duration.
    Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
  • This cake type was the sort fed to train and trench weary doughboys by Great War doughnut lassies (or doughnut dollies, depending) and flour, baking powder, sugar, and lard were all in good supply for the duration.
    Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • There are two mint julep cups for whiskey fans to purchase, with all proceeds going to benefit Our Mims Retirement Haven, a farm outside of Paris, Kentucky, where fillies and broodmares can spend their golden years (it’s named after 1977 Eclipse Champion 3-Year-Old Filly, Our Mims).
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
  • This year’s cups are meant to honor a trio of winning fillies: Regret (1915), Genuine Risk (1980), and Winning Colors (1988).
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But 113 years ago, almost to the date, reporters were banging on her father's door for word of the fate of this dashing Baltimore debutante who was listed on the RMS Titanic's manifest.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Each wrapped in pastel pink garment bags, the items include bespoke debutante dresses made to do the Texas dip in the 1950s, dozens of body-conscious Mugler originals from the ’90s, and yards of silky lingerie by Christian Dior.
    Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Still, a high deb burden remains a key risk factor.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The viral video showed Martin, dressed in custom blue Valentino, in a moment with another deb, French countess Aliénor Loppin de Montmort.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024

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“Chit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chit. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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