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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 The school’s athletic director told Front Office Sports last month Tarleton has had conversations with multiple FBS leagues and wants to move up within the next five years. — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Asian food Lucknow is considered by many Indians as one of the country’s greatest culinary capitals, but beyond the South Asian nation’s borders, the city has remained largely absent from global conversations about food. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026 As the clock ticked on Friday, officials were still unsure as to what the Tigers football program would do as conversations between all parties involved continued. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026 But inflation has dominated conversations this year in business and households. — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The nearly six-week trial has taken over podcasts, social media and conversations beyond the Massachusetts courtroom. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026 Our newsroom conversations revealed an instructive generational divide. — Kurt Shillinger, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026 Heath pilots a fighter jet, deploys bombs in foreign countries, and thwarts cyberattacks, all after remarkably cursory and casual conversations with a government official. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 That question came to my mind during my conversations with Andrew Cherng, co-founder and co-CEO of Panda Restaurant Group, and Kitty Lo, chairman of the Manhattan Hotel Group. — True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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But the details of those discussions have remained largely undisclosed.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
Researchers also identified discussions about using Tor and maintaining communications after shutdowns.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of discussions

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Thirty states — including Florida, Iowa, Ohio and others expected to be key battlegrounds in November’s midterm elections — use the federal exchanges for their ACA operations.

— Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2026
In programmatic advertising, this issue is especially relevant because data comes from multiple platforms, including ad exchanges, SSPs and DSPs.

— Roman Vrublivskyi, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of exchanges

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Which group chats, online spaces, professional circles or social expectations are contributing to your goals and dreams?

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Organizers arranged nearly two dozen panel sessions throughout the day, letting participants choose among six smaller conversations at several points during the day, while leaving room for informal chats in the gardens.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of chats

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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
His recollections often take the form of dialogues in which interlocutors meekly acknowledge his overwhelming rhetorical advantage.

— Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of dialogues

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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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