Thesaurus results for CONVERSATIONS

conversations

noun

plural of conversation

as in discussions

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 conversations My good friends Jim Fourmont of the Lamplighters and Bill Miller, who has been a Lamplighter and a Harmonizer, agreed wholeheartedly in my recent conversations with them. — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026 My conversations and research left me much less shocked at that statistic that had sent chills down my spine a few weeks prior. — Luba Kassova, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026 Over the next decade, investigators used cellphone records, surveillance video, financial records and secretly recorded conversations to build the case. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026 There are important conversations happening in these online spaces about which artists are shaping the pop landscape, or making decisions that stand out from the onslaught of releases. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2026 Following the mistrial, several other jurors have given interviews offering some insight into the conversations that took place in the deliberation room. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026 At the 2026 Women in Power Summit on Monday — between conversations about leading with intention, balance and influence — two experts shared what every woman should know in regard to skin and breast cancer. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 While disagreement has always been baked into the premise of The View, Hostin wishes more of those conversations happened away from television too. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 Much of this information travels through sales calls, quick catch-ups, Slack messages and conversations at the proverbial water cooler. — Andrey Insarov, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

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The lack of a real-time conversation means many patients aren’t getting the type of care recommended by medical societies that prescribe GLP-1s, including discussions about weight-loss goals, past efforts and eating disorders.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
But after that, with projections showing OCPS losing thousands more students over the next five years, closure discussions seem inevitable.

— Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of discussions

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On Thursday, Ukraine received the bodies of 252 soldiers as part of ongoing exchanges with Russia, the government agency handling prisoners of war said on Telegram.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
The panelists will discuss the research and writing processes behind the project and the ways archival materials helped reconstruct the artistic exchanges between Havana and New York during the 1940s.

— Dennys Matos, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of exchanges

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To ensure the most violent chats are always routed to police, the province asked the court to order OpenAI to conduct regular independent audits.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
All anybody in New York can talk about this morning—from the water cooler to the group chats—is how abruptly summer ended and fall announced itself.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of chats

Noun

Praising the plan as a good start to open dialogues, Su suggested that much more cooperation would be needed to make the safety mechanism meaningful.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
While Brazil and Saudi Arabia engaged via ministerial levels through Foreign Ministers Mauro Vieira and Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, the scope of the forum expanded dramatically during the partner and outreach dialogues.

— Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of dialogues

Noun

From the divisive barrel-leg and ultralow-rise styles to the return of skinny jeans, there has been no shortage of denim shapes to debate—and, in many cases, internet discourses to fuel.

— Christina Holevas, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026
Pannakara’s discourses on mindfulness and kindness in churchyards, town squares and in front of the Lincoln Memorial drew large, diverse crowds.

— Deepa Bharath, Fortune, 17 July 2026

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