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also dialog
1
as in conference
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
Support filmmakers who create dialogue across communities.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
Since then, Moscow has expanded its drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities, while seemingly ignoring his overtures for further dialogue to end the conflict.
—Matthew Bodner, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
Extracting valuable hypotheses requires careful prompting, iterative feedback, and a willingness to engage in a kind of dialogue with the AI, notes Swanson.
—Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
Ghaywan’s script is explicit but never priggish in its moral standing, letting the outstanding performances drive home the perils of bigotry more than any grandstanding dialogue.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
Since then, Moscow has expanded its drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities, while seemingly ignoring his overtures for further dialogue to end the conflict.
—Matthew Bodner, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
Extracting valuable hypotheses requires careful prompting, iterative feedback, and a willingness to engage in a kind of dialogue with the AI, notes Swanson.
—Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
Ghaywan’s script is explicit but never priggish in its moral standing, letting the outstanding performances drive home the perils of bigotry more than any grandstanding dialogue.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dialogue
Noun
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There is a conference committee on many of the appropriations bills right now.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Lewis built a conference room stocked with a long table and six chairs, a projector and screen, and a door for privacy.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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Our conversation has been edited for clarity and length.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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But mostly the veteran producer spent his wide-ranging conversation with Variety‘s Clayton Davis explaining the job that is often hard to define — the role of a producer — and discussing the state of the film business.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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This information, however, is fed to the board by the company, which by necessity involves a degree of filtering to decide the amount of detail required and the depth of the discussion.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
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The discussion touched on the impact of A-list festival selections and wins as well as victory at the Academy Awards.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
27 Sep. 2025
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My and my colleagues’ research into the ways brain activity across people aligns or diverges as they converse suggests that seeking to persuade may not be the most fruitful way to approach a conversation.—
Emily Falk,
Scientific American,
25 Sep. 2025
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Liv Hewson ended up wearing the pink converse sneakers.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
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That team is responsible for covering everything from policy debates in Madison to decisions made about principals and superintendents at your local school board.—
Greg Borowski,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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And for her part, as Axios reported, AOC’s appearance in the middle of a California ballot measure debate comes as her team is preparing a 2028 run for either the White House or the Senate.—
Douglas Schoen,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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Feedback from supporters is being digested and, over the next few months, further consultation with the Fan Advisory Board and other fans’ groups is anticipated.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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The drones that landed in Poland were not believed to be armed, but nonetheless, spurred Warsaw to trigger Article 4 emergency consultations with NATO members.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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The group also maintains a prolific schedule of author talks, online symposiums and real-life get-togethers that all revolve around old-timey grub.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Zhang Yiming, ByteDance's founder, was among the entrepreneurs invited to a high-level symposium chaired by President Xi Jinping in February.—
Evelyn Cheng,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
19 Sep. 2025
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Louisville lawmakers have passed an ordinance that ends permit requirements for some protests — an effort led by a Republican council member who has in the past called out Mayor Craig Greenberg's administration for not enforcing the city's permitting rules.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Sep. 2025
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Lance Wilson, a public-relations professional who works with the Anti Police-Terror Project, warned that the council might loosen the restrictions further, potentially allowing chases for lesser crimes, such as burglary.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Dialogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dialogue. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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