as in speaks (to or with)
to communicate with by means of spoken words
in a press conference, the president is not just addressing reporters—he's conversing with the public
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Renner addresses this meta-casting in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly out of the Toronto International Film Festival, where the movie world premieres.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
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Their new research addresses the long-standing dendrite problem in lithium-metal batteries.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Converses (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converses%20%28with%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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