variants
or shmoozed
as in chatted
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 schmoozed
Nominees across all 24 categories mingled and schmoozed before taking part in the traditional class photo.
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Deputy Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
Deputy Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schmoozed
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Additionally, business passengers tend to be low maintenance, at least according to an Alaska Airlines flight attendant who chatted with T+L via email.—
Joey Skladany,
Travel + Leisure,
15 May 2026
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Staffers in the front office smoked, gabbed on the phone, and chatted with the illustrators and couriers stopping by the third-floor walk-up to drop off portfolios.—
Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
15 May 2026
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Adams suspected that Dickinson’s Quaker mother and wife had talked him into his fearful state.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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But prosecutors allege that Mejer had, months earlier, talked to deputies about her son riding the electric motorcycle.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Dame Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, Karen Elson, Karlie Kloss, and Donatella Versace conversed in front of a Rothko, estimated at $80 million.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
30 Apr. 2026
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Reunions everywhere For almost an hour before the teams squared off, Warriors guard Pat Spencer sat next to and conversed with his younger brother Cam, a shooting guard on the Grizzlies.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Schmoozed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schmoozed. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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