as in consulting
to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problem
the members of the condo board have been confabbing about the security problem
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Employees moved about, pulling items for upcoming projects or consulting Airtable, a software program that Saft uses to catalogue Staged to Sell’s collection.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
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Bryan Koon, president and CEO of the consulting firm IEM and a former Florida emergency management chief, said state governments and local agencies need time to adjust their budgets to any kind of changes.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
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Most people who acquire type 1 diabetes have at least one of two specific-risk-conferring gene variants, or alleles, in this region.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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The organization’s board considered reinstating her in May, according to a letter from board Chairman James Holton, who resigned in protest after conferring with an attorney.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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While discussing her cameo on the show, which stars Kim Kardashian, Glenn Close, Sarah Paulson, Teyana Taylor, Niecy Nash-Betts and Naomi Watts, Simpson, 45, dug into the status of her love life.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Meta made changes to its AI chatbot policies following the report and now prevents its bots from discussing subjects like self-harm, suicide and eating disorders with teens.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Confabbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confabbing. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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