as in chat
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
had to master the art of the schmooze if she wanted to get ahead in the business
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or shmooze
as in to chat
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
spent every spare minute of the conference schmoozing with the industry's power players
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Recent Examples of schmooze
Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 6 May 2025
Enjoy social outings, the theater, sports, fun activities with kids, saucy flirtations, happy hour, coffee with friends – schmooze!
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2025
Natasha Frost, New York Times, 1 May 2025
To succeed in a struggling industry, performing-arts administrators devote extra personal time to cultivating relationships that could be beneficial to their organizations, whether that’s schmoozing donors to secure contributions or showing up at events to be an active part of the community.
—Oliver Sava, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
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Noun
This is a great day to schmooze with friends, because people are warm, friendly and helpful.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 6 May 2025
Enjoy social outings, the theater, sports, fun activities with kids, saucy flirtations, happy hour, coffee with friends – schmooze!
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
Emmanuel Macron has taken to dropping in on random bars, without press or an entourage, to schmooze with patrons and hear their day-to-day concerns.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 1 May 2025
To succeed in a struggling industry, performing-arts administrators devote extra personal time to cultivating relationships that could be beneficial to their organizations, whether that’s schmoozing donors to secure contributions or showing up at events to be an active part of the community.
—Oliver Sava, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schmooze
Noun
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The investigation has since expanded to include Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal group chat that included members of his family.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
21 June 2025
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Look at your site search queries, your sales team scripts, your support chats.—
Lutz Finger,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
Verb
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The investment firm has launched the GS AI Assistant, an AI program that will let workers across its divisions converse with large language models that are firewalled within Goldman, ideally eliminating the threat that sensitive data could escape into the wild.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
24 June 2025
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Your next toy or game may be able to converse with you.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Yet Trump, whose administration had entered into talks with Iran aimed at reaching an agreement on the country's nuclear program, has backed the Israeli offensive and has openly contemplated joining the Israeli campaign through strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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While the casting had not been finalized, the trade publications all mentioned that Brad Pitt was in talks to star.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
20 June 2025
Verb
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The courtroom was sealed as the parties discussed the matter, which had been considered resolved early in the week.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2025
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The president initially appeared to favor a delay in any attack to give diplomatic efforts more time, nudging Iran to come to the table to discuss curtailing its nuclear program.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
22 June 2025
Noun
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Based on all the chatter coming out of camp, Wilson already seems to be having a positive influence on the Giants.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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There was a lot of chatter about the government replenishing local government consumer subsidy funds after strong demand, which led to depletion in several cities.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
Noun
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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
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And as the resident gossip expert, no one is more equipped to handle the trickiest aspects of gab, even when gossip just might be the villain of the story.—
Kelsey McKinney,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Schmooze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schmooze. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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