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Recent Examples of chitchat There was a time in the not-so-distant past when people knew their neighbors’ names, made polite chitchat with strangers, and believed in fostering community — so say your older relatives unprompted at every conceivable opportunity. Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025 Hawkins makes this seem like a monumental spew of words rather than benign chitchat. Matthew Schnipper, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025 These were among the points of pre-roundtable chitchat on a recent afternoon in West Hollywood when The Times gathered five musicians nominated for prizes at February’s 67th Grammy Awards. Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024 Keep them in active cancellation mode to mute external noise like traffic or chitchat, or put them in transparency mode to hear what’s going on around you. Clara McMahon, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for chitchat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chitchat
Noun
  • Tesfaye’s bold and electric presence onstage and onscreen is an intriguing counterpoint to the thoughtful and soft-spoken man who sits for a chat about his movie.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 17 May 2025
  • Phil and Rasmus were sat next to me, and were super open for a chat, outlining loads of stuff, thoroughly decent people, Phil then asked Matt Benham to come down and chat to my kids.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Much of the chatter leading up to the series has centered around the reception Soto will receive from the Yankees faithful.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
  • The lounges sway to their usual rhythm of excited chatter, clinking glasses and former players recalling their eras.
    Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • White House special envoy Steve Witkoff is leading the talks from the U.S. side.
    Sonam Sheth Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
  • President mulls joining Russia-Ukraine peace talks, expects ceasefire Henzel, the former diplomat, disagreed.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 15 May 2025

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“Chitchat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chitchat. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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