as in discussion
talking or a talk between two or more people
Thomas Jefferson was celebrated for his brilliant, wide-ranging conversations with a host of friends and acquaintances
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Recent Examples of conversation
In her conversations with Damien Allen, a 22-year-old arrested in April by Florida authorities for planning a mass shooting, Rupnow often spoke of the two of them in romantic terms.
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Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The episode also features a conversation with Gene Maddaus, Variety‘s senior media reporter, on the upcoming Writers Guild of America West election for a new president, officers and board members.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
There’s gotta be a better way to have these conversations then to just bully people online.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
But decades ago, Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson, then the Duchess of York, were the center of conversations for their marriages to then Prince Charles and Prince Andrew, respectively, and also because of the relationship between them.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Aug. 2025
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Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The episode also features a conversation with Gene Maddaus, Variety‘s senior media reporter, on the upcoming Writers Guild of America West election for a new president, officers and board members.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
There’s gotta be a better way to have these conversations then to just bully people online.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
But decades ago, Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson, then the Duchess of York, were the center of conversations for their marriages to then Prince Charles and Prince Andrew, respectively, and also because of the relationship between them.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversation
Noun
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks during a roundtable discussion in Kerrville, Texas, during a tour to observe flood damage on July 11.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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Android Circuit is here to remind you of a few of the many discussions around Android in the last seven days.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Liv Hewson ended up wearing the pink converse sneakers.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
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The chatbot converses with patients while simultaneously reviewing their medical records, then generates a ranked list of diagnoses and makes recommendations, such as for prescription drugs or lab tests.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Between March 2022 and Wei’s arrest in August 2023, the spy allegedly paid Wei thousands of dollars in exchange for photographs and videos of the Essex, information about the location of various Navy ships and details about the Essex’s defensive weapons, according to prosecutors.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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American chipmakers Nvidia and AMD agreed to pay the US government 15% of their revenues from semiconductor sales to China in exchange for export licenses.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
12 Aug. 2025
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Brittany is joined by The Atlantic staff writer Spencer Kornhaber to get into the state of public discourse, and how traditional media may led us to this moment.—
Brittany Luse,
NPR,
11 Aug. 2025
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As moose-human conflicts and shifting wetland ecologies prompt hard conversations over how to manage moose, a range of options have been discussed in public discourse.—
John Wendt,
The Conversation,
11 Aug. 2025
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Even when there’s disagreement, open dialogue should remain a cornerstone of public service.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Aug. 2025
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Then, the production sound goes to Evan, our dialogue editor, who prepares the sound for mixing.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
13 Aug. 2025
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The current explosion of AI innovation—and particularly AI chat interfaces, which make AI accessible to anyone—is largely fueled by advancements in computing power, the availability of massive datasets and breakthroughs in ML algorithms.—
Tigran Sloyan,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Snapchat introduced Sponsored Snaps from creators, enabling advertisers to send a Sponsored Snap directly from a creator’s handle to Snapchat users in the chat feed.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Conversation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversation. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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