as in chatting
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
spent the time she should have been working gabbing with friends instead
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While chatting with Craig Melvin during a June 19 appearance on the Today show, the TV icon paused her interview to smack the anchor after a bold request.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
20 June 2026 -
Within minutes, the men, who ranged in age from 30 to 60, began chatting among themselves.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Seconds later, Hines-Allen decided she was done talking and shoved Bonner.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
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If your medication is affected, consider talking to your doctor or pharmacist to determine the best course of action.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
22 June 2026
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This is because any of various chatbots can induce in us an irresistible sense of our conversing with an actual person.—
Joel Marks,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2026
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Her subjects range from the humming of trees conversing through underground fungi to the iridescent call (invisible to humans) that flowers make to fluttering bees.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
16 June 2026
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“Gabbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gabbing. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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