schmoozed

variants or shmoozed
past tense of schmooze

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of schmoozed Nominees across all 24 categories mingled and schmoozed before taking part in the traditional class photo. Deputy Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026 As a former International Monetary Fund researcher and head of the IMF’s China Division, Prasad schmoozed with the elect at the World Economic Forum and cruised around the world’s capitals in limousines. Jamie Merchant, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schmoozed
Verb
  • Burke talked about food, read viewer comments, and occasionally chatted with the girl next to him.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • On the pod, Thiele has chatted with big names like Kendall Jenner, Connor Storrie and Hailey Bieber.
    Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Scott Harris, the Tigers’ president of baseball operations who orchestrated the deal, talked last year of not believing in a Skubal window.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Those two talked for about 10 minutes while my wife and I were settled at the table.
    Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • For a moment, two referees from the Falcons’ seventh training camp practice looked at each other, conversed and truly didn’t know what to rule.
    Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • But today’s linguistic diversity may be only the shadow of a time when humans conversed in 10 times as many tongues.
    Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 July 2026

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“Schmoozed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schmoozed. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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