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noun

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Recent Examples of prate
Noun
Erinys doesn't prate about democracy or social betterment but simply guards oil pipelines. Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 1 July 2004
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prate
Verb
  • At the WellChild Awards in London on Monday, May 8, Harry, 40, chatted with 13-year-old Grace Tutt, a Special Recognition winner who uses a wheelchair following a bus crash.
    Erin Hill, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Your team members can simply dive right in and start chatting with little training, which is ideal for a communication app.
    John Brandon, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And to those working in the U.K. capital’s entertainment industry, this tidbit of insider tattle may not come as a surprise.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2025
  • Sara James has seen a big change in her kindergarteners since welcoming the tattle phone to their classroom Comments A kindergarten teacher is going viral for implementing a longstanding classroom management tool — with a twist.
    Angela Andaloro, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Crunch talks The industry split on this issue comes as auto bosses prepare to meet the EU’s von der Leyen on Friday.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • What To Include In Your Martial Conversations When talking to legal counsel, be as specific as possible.
    Michael Gargiulo, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Having a gift for gab definitely helps pass the time between bites, Hinrichs says.
    Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The latest gab session was instead devoted to taking questions from the fans — which led to a surprising story about a rock & roll legend.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • The goal here is to find a place to regularly converse with guys.
    Essence, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
  • McLaren and her team work on residential and commercial projects nationwide, incorporating an artful blend of styles and plenty of surprising details, from bold wall conversing to unexpected color palettes.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Two types of story dominated the chatter in the newsroom this week.
    Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Read the Room While everyone’s all for friendly chatter before the game or between plays, once the ball’s in the air, many folks will want to focus all attention on what’s happening on screen.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The result is an entirely incoherent crime thriller that features gangsters prattling on about the self and the ego and the soul and then occasionally wandering into an entirely different scene where other gangsters are prattling on about the same thing.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 May 2025
  • One half of a pair of young twins prattles on incessantly about some sci-fi arcana while the boy’s bored-looking mother and his quieter brother tune him out.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • The public is simply not buying it and is looking for an alternative. Enough of the twaddle about how voting Democratic is voting to save democracy.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Perhaps News Nation is trying to assume the mantle of Fox News as a dispenser of right-wing twaddle, or (to be more charitable) of CNN as a sober neutral voice.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023

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“Prate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prate. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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