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schmooze

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verb

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Recent Examples of schmooze
Noun
Its placement there must have been a deliberate way to build in a daily schmooze. Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 15 May 2025 This is a great day to schmooze with friends, because people are warm, friendly and helpful. Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 6 May 2025
Verb
The Oscar-winning producer and longtime Democratic donor is shown schmoozing with Trump inside the V.I.P. box at a football game, according to The New York Times‘ coverage of a Fox Nation documentary series titled Art of the Surge. James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025 For example, sports events, fun times with children, romantic outings, the theater, the entertainment world and schmoozing with friends all will be great choices for you today. Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for schmooze
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schmooze
Noun
  • After a firepit chat with Madix, the four couples headed back to the platform for the results.
    Breanne L. Heldman, People.com, 14 July 2025
  • Avoid sharing confidential or sensitive information in Gemini chats, as Google explicitly advises against it.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • On Saturday, the protesters clad in Mexico jerseys and waving Mexican, Salvadoran and Honduran flags chanted and conversed mostly in English.
    Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • Daboll was conversing at length with defensive coordinator Shane Bowen during Wednesday’s practice, overseeing an individual defensive backs drill and reviewing their plan for the upcoming 7-on-7 periods.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Trump has intensified the talks with other trading partners, leveraging threats of higher tariffs to extract concessions, with an apparent target on curbing transshipments linked to China.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 14 July 2025
  • While the talks between Bayern director of sport Max Eberl and the VfB bosses have been considered positive, some of the outside noise has been considered an obstacle to getting a deal done.
    Manuel Veth, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • In a survey of 404 regular users of AI companionship apps, researchers at MIT Media Lab found that 12 percent of respondents initially sought out these systems to cope with loneliness, and 14 percent used them to discuss personal or mental-health issues.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation.
    Rebecca Boone, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • There was a lot of chatter about taxes and changes to the tax system for colleges.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
  • Both players are near the top of their respective positions, but there was a lot of chatter regarding Fitzpatrick.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 18 Jul. 2025.

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