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
But within seconds of sitting down inside the Tarrant County Jail on Friday, the conversation took an unexpected turn.
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Doug Dunbar, CBS News, 16 May 2026
Bary said the project was partly inspired by conversations with French Paralympic champion Marie-Amélie Le Fur, who serves as consultant and technical advisor on the film.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 May 2026
That’s slightly elevated from the days before AI entered the conversation, before OpenAI launched its first AI model in November 2022, when the unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-olds sat around 8%.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Melissa Etheridge is pictured in conversation with Jon Lovett for his Lovett or Leave It Live Show.
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
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Doug Dunbar, CBS News, 16 May 2026
Bary said the project was partly inspired by conversations with French Paralympic champion Marie-Amélie Le Fur, who serves as consultant and technical advisor on the film.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 May 2026
That’s slightly elevated from the days before AI entered the conversation, before OpenAI launched its first AI model in November 2022, when the unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-olds sat around 8%.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Melissa Etheridge is pictured in conversation with Jon Lovett for his Lovett or Leave It Live Show.
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversation
Noun
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Araghchi said Russia’s proposal was not currently under active discussion, but could be revisited.—
Sheikh Saaliq,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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After four seasons, Lawrence left Spin City when Fox did and went on to create Scrubs at NBC, a series that often gets lost in discussions of how TV comedy evolved in the aughts.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
16 May 2026
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Inside this building, generations of artists a century apart converse about similarly distressing and awe-inducing encounters between us and our technological creations.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
19 Mar. 2026
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The two converse as if Janet is a hostage on a permanent Zoom call, always sitting in the same room, in the same clothes, talking to the same nonexistent camera.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
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Cloud was assessed a technical foul in the immediate moments after Jackson’s injury for an exchange with the officiating crew.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Moore tried the exchange a few more times, in different tones—more acidic, more surprised, more chaotic.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Just days after choosing Fever rookie Raven Johnson over generational superstar Caitlin Clark to front the promotional graphics for Sunday's matchup against the Seattle Storm, Indiana took the court and let the box score settle the discourse.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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One of the film’s biggest reflections involves a heady discourse on dialectical materialism, a complicated philosophical principle based on how opposing forces and contradictions fuel change.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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In other words, a scroll through — or algorithmic analysis of — someone’s chat queries may paint an exceptionally intimate, hyper-personalized portrait of them and their world, from their daily activities to their inner life.—
Maggie Harrison Dupré,
Futurism,
14 May 2026
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Mike Vrabel has entered the chat.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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Others are purely skeptical and believe a dialogue could backfire.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
15 May 2026
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There’s this whole deeper meaning [to the dialogue].—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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“Conversation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversation. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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