as in conversations
talking or a talk between two or more people
ideally, the college classroom should be a place of intellectual converse between student and teacher
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as in chats
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
jurors are not allowed to converse while the attorneys go off to one side to confer with the judge
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September 23 – October 22 The afternoon favors thoughtful, fair conversations.
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Those conversations taught him to look at himself as someone who could solve problems.
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While Yahia chats with The Star, his daughter, Hannah, takes a tray of baklava out of the oven.
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Inside the motel, Paula chats with Sky.
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The United States and Iran have agreed to meet in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday for further discussions, according to another US official.
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While not quite so grandiose, Valdez says discussions are ongoing regarding the bird’s future.
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Instead, the guy talks to dead barkeeps and wields an ax more than his typewriter.
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Albert Saijo, second semester editor of Echoes, Heart Mountain high school publication, talks things over with Hisako Takehara and Alice Tanouye, first semester co-editors.
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The resulting arguments, trolling and nasty exchanges can signal to the algorithm that the content is engaging, prompting it to show those posts to even more people who are likely to react and further amplify the conversation.
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Even small transfers through regulated exchanges can trigger checks that require firms to collect and share identifying information about the parties to the transfer.
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Hagai Palevsky considers these discourses and more while examining Sethphemera, essays and interviews by the cartoonist Seth.
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The chatter of cosmopolitan élites is the most reviled of all discourses right now.
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“Converses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converses. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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