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verb

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Recent Examples of patter
Noun
After some patter from the hype man, Greg Gutfeld came out and read MAGA-dad jokes off a teleprompter, and teed up his four guests: a comedian named Michael Loftus, the anarchist troll Michael Malice, the former MTV v.j. Kennedy, and Cobb, who wore a Chicago Blackhawks hockey jersey. Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 19 May 2025 To keep the patter more punchy, Arsenal legend Thierry Henry also swung by for a bit to watch PSG, one of Beckham’s old clubs, eventually beat the Gunners. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 May 2025
Verb
One of the most impressive aspects is a mix of its seasonal and weather systems, with spring buds, fall colors and blanketing snow, mixed with high winds and rainstorms pattering drops on my DualSense controller. Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 In the run-up to evening events, the hotel’s long hallways had the vibe of a college dorm, with barefoot teens pattering from room to room. Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for patter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patter
Noun
  • There was the usual chatter about 'whether to rest the starters or not', but they good guys weren't going to lay down and hand those cocky Patriots a 16-0 record.
    Geoffrey Knox, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
  • The Broadway producer also responds and then shuts down the recent social media chatter about the years-old debacle.
    John Lawson, Essence, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Don’t let the cold terminology fool you — pixie dust still abounds, just with a keener sense of connecting every facet of the company.
    Katcy Stephan, Variety, 16 July 2025
  • Avoid industry-specific terminology that may not be familiar to the reader, as well as unnecessary acronyms.
    Andrew Roberts, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • While chatting with Jori Epstein of Yahoo Sports, Metcalf sent a very bold warning to the rest of the league.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
  • In 1992, Epstein joined Trump for a party at Mar-a-Lago, where a video shows Trump chatting and laughing next to Epstein.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Mozeliak has started to gauge the interest of a handful of contending teams, though the talks are described as preliminary.
    Katie Woo, New York Times, 26 July 2025
  • The United States cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks this week plunges one of President Donald Trump’s pushes to solve global conflicts into new uncertainty.
    Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • In it, Italian peasants Matteo and Natale discuss this same cosmic occurrence in the rustic Paduan dialect of the time.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 July 2025
  • Around the table, his family speak the local dialect of the Veneto region.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • The personable Harris is an easy athlete with whom to converse and should assimilate well into the B’s locker room.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 18 July 2025
  • Apple spent most of WWDC going over smaller machine learning features, but did not reveal what investors and consumers increasingly want: A sophisticated Siri that can converse fluidly and get stuff done, like making a restaurant reservation.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • There’s almost a template to the Lexington format and a distinctive vocabulary too.
    Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 23 July 2025
  • So, in the case of La Tête d’Or, [chef] Daniel [Boulud] had this ambition to create something that was kind of a grand New York steakhouse but with a French influence, which led to a more refined vocabulary, and that led to wanting to elevate the cooking to be on display.
    Sofia Perez, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Verb
  • While the president is desperate for the Fed to cut interest rates, firing Powell before his term ends in eight months is no guarantee that rates would drop, and his departure would also likely rattle the financial markets.
    Paul Weinstein Jr, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
  • Trump’s whiplash approach to threatening and imposing tariffs has at times rattled the markets.
    Tara Suter, The Hill, 21 July 2025

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“Patter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patter. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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