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also dialog
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as in discussion
an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue
calling for an international dialogue on human rights
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as in conversation
talking or a talk between two or more people
coworkers having a short dialogue about politics at the watercooler before heading back to work
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Recent Examples of dialogue
As a result, dialogue increasingly serves the function of explaining the story so the audience can know what’s going on without looking up.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2026
Disagreements are usually resolved through dialogue.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
Only a few of her captors speak French, so most of her days are spent nonverbally (and Depardon reinforces the isolation by not subtitling the rebels’ dialogue in their native language).
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
In a dialogue if a line doesn’t need to be said, it should be cut out.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Feb. 2026
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2026
Disagreements are usually resolved through dialogue.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
Only a few of her captors speak French, so most of her days are spent nonverbally (and Depardon reinforces the isolation by not subtitling the rebels’ dialogue in their native language).
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
In a dialogue if a line doesn’t need to be said, it should be cut out.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialogue
Noun
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Rain is expected to return to the Central Valley late Monday, according to the weather service’s forecast discussion.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
Updated February 20,
Sacbee.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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Other than Griego’s questions, there was no board comment or discussion.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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The interiors already feel styled for gatherings, and the common spaces lend themselves naturally to conversation and celebration.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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Kathleen Hanna fronted punk greats Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, two bands that existed at different times in the evolving (but still sexist) conversation about women and their place in culture, with the musicians often serving as paragons of feminist critique and anguish.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb. 2026
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The bill passed its first discussion unanimously earlier this month, then advanced to public consultation before the final vote.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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For the first time since the war began, members invoked Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty, the mechanism for collective consultation when a member feels its security is threatened.—
Frederic Lemieux,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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In sequences interspersed in the film, Bean and Rozos converse in a kind of fort-like structure erected in a room.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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The hush in public spaces isn't intimidating and there are myriad cozy places to sit and converse.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement Hours before Andrew’s arrest, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was asked if a debate over the royal, and his connections to Epstein, could still take place.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026
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Sappy, sure, but better than this faux-Kantian debate about what’s real or not real.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2026
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Wasserman’s appearance in the Epstein files document dump, despite the consensual nature of his exchanges with Maxwell, has set off a firestorm among some of the clients represented by Wasserman’s sports, marketing and entertainment units.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
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The challenge will be in creating an exit ramp for President Xi Jinping of China to shift course so that normal diplomatic exchanges and channels of communication can be revived.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
15 Feb. 2026
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Brian Herman does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.—
Brian Herman,
The Conversation,
20 Feb. 2026
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Alongside her team, this pioneering expert consults with the FBI to solve the most baffling and elusive cases.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2026
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Its star Amy Adams is not in Berlinale but her absence has practically gone unnoticed with the media’s attention rather on whether the festival has tried to put a lid on political discourse outside discussion of the politics in the films.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2026
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That restraint is precisely what feels absent in much of today’s discourse, where criticism of state action is often conflated with hatred of a people, and where historical trauma is sometimes used to silence moral questions rather than deepen them.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Dialogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialogue. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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