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
With the Moon in your sign linking to Jupiter in your communication zone, conversations feel smoother and more supportive.
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Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2026
Start by having one of these conversations with your partner.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
But the troubled doctor has deeply affecting conversations about his mental health with colleagues like Langdon, which seem to derail his plan to potentially end his life at the end of his sabbatical motorcycle trip.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
As the supernatural takes hold, the film’s central location, Sam’s barn/work studio, transforms from the container of their conversations into their portal across time, space, and different dimensions of their creative energy and connection.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026
And somehow all these conversations have been equally illuminating.
—Brittany Delay, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
Each installment dissects the making-of of a show, novel, painting, song, or other work through conversations with artists and their artifacts.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
In late March, leaked conversations between Hungary’s foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, started to appear in the press.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Research on physician–patient cost conversations shows that switching to lower-cost, clinically similar alternatives within the same drug class is a common strategy for reducing out-of-pocket spending without compromising care.
—Deidre Popovich, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2026
Start by having one of these conversations with your partner.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
But the troubled doctor has deeply affecting conversations about his mental health with colleagues like Langdon, which seem to derail his plan to potentially end his life at the end of his sabbatical motorcycle trip.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
As the supernatural takes hold, the film’s central location, Sam’s barn/work studio, transforms from the container of their conversations into their portal across time, space, and different dimensions of their creative energy and connection.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026
And somehow all these conversations have been equally illuminating.
—Brittany Delay, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
Each installment dissects the making-of of a show, novel, painting, song, or other work through conversations with artists and their artifacts.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
In late March, leaked conversations between Hungary’s foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, started to appear in the press.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Research on physician–patient cost conversations shows that switching to lower-cost, clinically similar alternatives within the same drug class is a common strategy for reducing out-of-pocket spending without compromising care.
—Deidre Popovich, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversations
Noun
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In discussions of people like Michael Jackson, some defenders insist on distinguishing between the artist and the art, but a bio-pic is necessarily about both.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Frankly, the Europeans have had a lot of discussions, but not delivered an actual capability.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Their rhetoric was dark, warning of disaster for millions of people and families who might be forced to pay more for their own health care unless the GOP agreed to extend subsidies for those who purchased coverage on state exchanges.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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Shift gears to calm energetic exchanges.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As part of the agreement, Roblox will implement facial age estimation technology to limit younger users’ chats to only those in similar age groups.—
Jessica Hill,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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As part of the agreement, Roblox will implement facial age estimation technology to limit younger users' chats to only those in similar age groups.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The aim of the new institution will be to foster dialogues within the contemporary art community located in the larger Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Much like the Socrates of Plato’s dialogues (which the novel frequently alludes to), Thomas, in a sense, is the narrator’s invention.—
Giles Harvey,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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By the mid-1960s, the school, located in the center of Harlem, was among the few schools in the United States to publish a yearbook directly engaged with the civil rights and Black Power discourses of the era.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Nov. 2025
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By analyzing discourses on development squarely within Native American studies, Yazzie situates capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism into the politics of nation-building.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Conversations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversations. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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