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converse

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verb

converse

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of converse
Noun
Seen facing each other on a couch, the two converse with the ease of good friends. Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025 James Devaney Vivienne, of course, joined Jolie on opening night of The Outsiders, dressing on-theme in a navy utilitarian jumpsuit and converse. Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2024
Verb
Afterward, the royals make their way to the Royal Tea Tent to converse with other guests. Edward Segarra, USA Today, 21 May 2025 Meanwhile, Miranda Lambert holds a puppy in Frisco, Texas, and Prince William and Kate Middleton converse during a VE Day service in London. Grace Harrington, People.com, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for converse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converse
Noun
  • That simple question opened the door to a new kind of conversation.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 10 June 2025
  • The View From Brad Schneider This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
    Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 10 June 2025
Verb
  • Fried, meanwhile, adjusted his slider grip a few weeks ago after chatting with Rodón.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 June 2025
  • There was even a right royal visit, with King Charles III rocking up to chat with John Lennon’s son Julian and Yellowstone star Mo Brings Plenty, of all people.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • Besides a decrease in consumer spending, others include the prevalence of reverse gentrification, an increase in secondhand shopping and rising unemployment rates.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 June 2025
  • Now, exosomes are in moisturizers, serums, and hair injectables, promising to repair your skin barrier, boost collagen production, and reverse aging.
    Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • The very principle of financialization rules even the most mundane exchange of objects in the same manner that the most banal exchange of economic investment and speculation regulates the sign of spiritual autonomy and utopian aspirations that abstraction had initially promised.
    Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • On Thursday, Lurie announced on social media that cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is opening an office in San Francisco after leaving the city four years ago.
    Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Verb
  • Mouth can also talk his way out of issues and has a flair for foreign languages, like any smooth-talking Sag.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 7 June 2025
  • This is a poor day to talk to parents, bosses, authority figures and the police about anything important.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 7 June 2025
Adjective
  • Inverse Design: Engineering Beyond Intuition What excites me most is the shift from trial-and-error engineering to inverse design.
    Yujie Huang, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • And this force falls off with the inverse square of the distance between them.
    Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Similar discussions are occurring in more than a dozen states, including Maryland, Illinois, California, New York, Minnesota and Colorado, according to interviews with organizers and recordings of the meetings.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 31 May 2025
  • Jack Lang Botafogo Another Brazilian side who have no interest in, and have had no discussions over, signing Ronaldo.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Adjective
  • The duo has given readers and Korean food enthusiasts a counter seat to a Masterclass in Korean cooking from Sarah’s mom, a former restauranteur.
    Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • The best way to protect against unhealthy messages about masculinity is for parents to be prepared with a counter narrative for their family.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 29 May 2025

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“Converse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converse. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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