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 Orlando was always within reach, sharing recipes and starting conversations about food systems. — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026 Save suspicious messages, account statements, confirmation numbers and notes from conversations with institutions. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026 The Sun enters your 3rd House, beginning a month that favors learning, writing, conversations, local activity, and following questions farther than usual. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026 On desktop, users can lock eligible conversations in the new ChatGPT app for macOS or Windows, in either Chat or Work mode. — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 Four conversations in which Lucas allegedly discussed her cannabis business included one or more unindicted colleagues between 2022 and March, according to the federal grand jury indictment of Lucas announced Thursday. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2026 At times, those conversations have resulted in significant changes to policy — which in turn have also generated backlash and brought more changes in response. — Rachel Cohen Booth, Vox, 23 Oct. 2026 Learning from those conversations and becoming part of a large community expands the scope of what is possible is Mahama’s practice. — Gameli Hamelo, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Grindr is currently piloting bot-to-bot conversations to vet human dates. — Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversations
  1. discussions
  2. exchanges
  3. chats
  4. dialogues
  5. discourses
Noun
  • Deadline hears that the BBC has held tentative discussions about whether Sounds could be folded in with iPlayer to create a single streaming service for video and audio, not unlike Netflix and YouTube.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Sotheby’s announced Thursday that the works, recently designated French national treasures, had been withdrawn following discussions between the Schlumberger family and the city of Aix-en-Provence, Cézanne’s hometown.
    — Daniel Cassady for ARTnews, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of discussions
Noun
  • Hot wallets maintain internet connectivity, allowing cryptocurrency exchanges to process withdrawals and other transactions quickly.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Some affected customers have received immediate exchanges at Apple Stores.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of exchanges
Noun
  • The reason the genre keeps dominating Netflix’s top 10, the podcast charts and late-night group chats has less to do with morbid curiosity than with a very old human instinct, researchers say.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Siblings have group chats too, and children are infinitely more perceptive than adults tend to give them credit for.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of chats
Noun
  • By understanding these driving forces, leaders can establish mature adult-adult dialogues that empower team members.
    — Gia Tskhovrebadze, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Just keep in mind that some applications have non-standard Save dialogs, so this trick might not work for those.
    — Chris Hoffman, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 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
Definition of discourses

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