as in relation
doings between individuals or groups
she guessed from the friendly interaction that they were close to the other parents in the organization
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Recent Examples of interaction
While the middle school and Montessori sides don’t have a lot of crossover, Diemer and Herrera-Gundale have seen interactions between students and staff across the two sides of the building, such as staff sharing lunch or students walking their younger siblings to class.
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Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
There’s energy and charisma behind almost every interaction.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Meta is adding parental controls for kids’ interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots — including the ability to turn off one-on-one chats with AI characters altogether — beginning early next year.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
While harvests play less of a role today, the magic of the person-to-person interactions remain.
—Bernadette Keith, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
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Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
There’s energy and charisma behind almost every interaction.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Meta is adding parental controls for kids’ interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots — including the ability to turn off one-on-one chats with AI characters altogether — beginning early next year.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
While harvests play less of a role today, the magic of the person-to-person interactions remain.
—Bernadette Keith, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interaction
Noun
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With aunts, uncles, cousins, and other relations, my mother and I listened to the prayers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Clear messaging can help relations of all kinds flow smoothly now.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There are alignments of anemia with some of the early modern symptoms of green sickness—though very few people today are likely to think anemia is caused by a blockage of bodily humors curable by intercourse.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Sep. 2025
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One 2024 survey found that about 60 percent of college students reported having had vaginal intercourse; a 2022 Pew Research survey reported that more than half of all adults under 30 were in a relationship at the time.—
Molly Langmuir,
The Atlantic,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Interaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interaction. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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