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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Recent Examples of gabfests
And his Julie Delpy–Ethan Hawke romantic gabfests Before Sunset and Before Midnight were nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars in 2004 and 2015, respectively.
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
Chris Lee, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gabfests
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According to a company website, messages people share with Meta AI may be used by the social media company to improve its AI models, but personal chats on WhatsApp remain protected by end-to-end encryption and are not accessible for that purpose.—
Katie Paul,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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For Miller that means more chats with Popovich, who remains at 77 the club's president of basketball operations despite suffering a stroke in November 2024.—
Tom Orsborn,
San Antonio Express-News,
8 May 2026
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Meanwhile, European governments are assessing the merits of opening talks with Putin.—
Hanna Arhirova,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Trump is expected to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday for talks covering a wide-ranging agenda, with Iran war, trade, rare earth export controls, and Taiwan among the central issues.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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The chatter among party elites appears at odds with recent polling in Harris’ favor, including in April’s Harvard Center for American Political Studies/Harris Poll, which showed Harris leading the Democratic field with support from 50% of Democrats.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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Student chatter on social media fluctuated between some commenters upset that their tests or assignments would be canceled and others planning beach days in light of the system being down.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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“Gabfests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gabfests. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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