as in chats
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
the slumber party was an all-night gabfest filled with gossip, giggling, and whispered secrets
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A day earlier, Salesforce expanded Agentforce beyond text chats to also handle voice calls.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025 -
Their chats have been edited into the conversation below.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
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Despite ongoing trade talks between Washington and Beijing, trade tensions re-escalated Thursday after China ramped up export restrictions on critical rare earth minerals.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Eastern Syria is where risks of ethnic tension, tribal mobilization, and jihadist resurgence converge, if talks fail.—
Hassan Hassan,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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Similar chatter has emerged during past election years since the dawn of the 22nd Amendment, but usually in a more light-hearted nature.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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The celebratory July 4 meal would certainly have kept the innkeeper, Daniel Smith, busy replenishing the finest bottles of Madeira from behind the locked bar—perhaps overhearing snippets of chatter among the delegates.—
Victoria Flexner,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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