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noun

plural of schmooze

as in talks

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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verb

variants or shmoozes

present tense third-person singular of schmooze

as in chats

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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Noun

Ryan is a keynote speaker who gives talks on leadership, culture, and personal excellence.

— Big Think, Big Think, 5 Aug. 2026
In addition to the gallery program, ARTnews will present the Art Week NYC Hub, with a full slate of live interviews, panel discussions, artist talks, and other editorial programming to be announced in hte coming months.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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When Zayn lost the WWE title to Punk less than two weeks after winning it, there was a lot of chatter that he had been shortchanged and would never get a crack at the WWE title again.

— Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Out on the field, chatter started from fans above the Tigers’ dugout.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

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Entire product categories that were barely imaginable in 2020 are now weekend projects such as a tutor that converses in Mandarin, a paralegal that drafts and redlines, and a designer that produces forty variations before lunch.

— Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Epstein converses with Summers Larry Summers, Clinton’s Treasury secretary and the director of the National Economic Council under former President Obama, corresponded with Epstein numerous times via email.

— Max Rego, The Hill, 13 Nov. 2025

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