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Recent Examples of gabfest In the period of late night's rapid expansion, Showtime's gabfest stood out for pure personality and low-key conversational charm. Ew Staff, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022 However, this episode of Window Shop proves boring cars are directly proportional to the chances of a crossfire gabfest. Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2022 Now comes the hard part: hosting a global gabfest, without the toxicity. Steven Levy, Wired, 17 Mar. 2021 Third quarter, here’s Bob Myers dropping into the TV gabfest. Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 12 Dec. 2020 Calls can last for up to 24 hours (quite the gabfest), and are encrypted and password-protected. Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 6 July 2020 But there are only so many airings of marbles races, old games and gabfests about the April 23–25 NFL draft—an event that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, feels as significant as a speck of sand—that viewers can take. Sean Gregory, Time, 14 Apr. 2020 What was supposed to be his roommate interview became a gabfest. Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2020 The tone at this annual gabfest in the Alps was set with a downbeat forecast on Tuesday from the International Monetary Fund. Stephen Fidler, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gabfest
Noun
  • That chat is under review by the Pentagon Inspector General for the handling of sensitive information.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • But the other chat group included people with no clear reason for receiving the sensitive information.
    Quil Lawrence, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • It's aimed towards trucks and sport utilities, whose designs usually include all-wheel drive or four-wheel drive, and whose chassis are more vulnerable to wheel chatter and heavier loads.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Panthers: Jalon Walker, LB, Georgia AS: There’s been a lot of chatter about where Walker should play at the NFL level.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Russia and Ukraine haven't held direct talks in years.
    USA Today, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The new plan, according to his talks with prison officials, is to house people awaiting deportation.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This includes a lawyer, who will reply to social messages and even gossipy chitchat from their work account.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • People who have lots of weak ties, who make eye contact and idle chitchat with baristas and neighbors, feel happier than those who don’t, her studies find.
    Olga Khazan, Vox, 11 Mar. 2025

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“Gabfest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gabfest. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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