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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
  • The investigation has since expanded to include Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal group chat that included members of his family.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 21 June 2025
  • Chuck it in your group chats and see who knows their stuff.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • There was a lot of chatter about the government replenishing local government consumer subsidy funds after strong demand, which led to depletion in several cities.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • Based on all the chatter coming out of camp, Wilson already seems to be having a positive influence on the Giants.
    Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • In a 179-page court filing submitted in 2024, prosecutors finally unpacked years of whispers and street talk in granular detail, laying out an explosive account of what allegedly happened before, during and after that fateful night in Las Vegas.
    Danielle Bacher, People.com, 1 July 2025
  • But along with streamlining testing and certification processes, the talks had the additional goal of growing a domestic industry.
    Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • There’s no chitchat with Woll; only lengthy, philosophical conversations about the world around him.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 8 May 2025
  • The extensive, sharp-pointedly aphoristic high-society chitchat, the very soul of theatre, threatens real-life consequences.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025

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

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