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schmooze

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verb

variants or shmooze

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Recent Examples of schmooze
Noun
Yes, everyone’s favorite stoned bathroom linen Towelie returned to South Park for this week’s all-new episode, helping Randy rebrand his marijuana business (with the help of AI and ketamine) by heading to Washington D.C. to schmooze with President Donald Trump. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 20 Aug. 2025 This is a great day to schmooze with friends and members of groups and organizations. Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 7 July 2025
Verb
Funnier is her effortless schmoozing with Kyle, a.k.a. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025 In Eternally Electric, Gibson recounts having to schmooze a Pittsburgh program director to get her record played. Leena Tailor, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for schmooze
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schmooze
Noun
  • Both Democrats and Republicans have denounced the chat messages and called for those responsible to step down from party positions.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • In August, the 988 line received nearly 6,700 calls and more than 2,300 texts and chats — increases of 26% and 35% from the previous year.
    Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The brain’s circuits are all built from a mixture of inhibitory and excitatory cells conversing in diverse ways.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Students should be encouraged to converse with their AI tutor without fear of ridicule for asking questions in class.
    Steve Grubbs, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But as Muttaqi went about a public relations blitz in India and held talks with Indian officials, deadly clashes erupted along the Durand Line border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent days.
    Happymon Jacob, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The banks are discussing an emergency loan backed by Argentine assets, the people said, while cautioning that talks are ongoing and specific collateral is still being ironed out.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But sources told Fortune that these cuts are being discussed differently internally than the typical URA process.
    Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • At this year’s Latin Music Week, multiple companies will offer their expertise and their artists to discuss new philosophies and actions to develop artists for the long term.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Similar chatter has emerged during past election years since the dawn of the 22nd Amendment, but usually in a more light-hearted nature.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The celebratory July 4 meal would certainly have kept the innkeeper, Daniel Smith, busy replenishing the finest bottles of Madeira from behind the locked bar—perhaps overhearing snippets of chatter among the delegates.
    Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The incident came up during a conversation with guest Jason Bateman, who had complimented Fallon on his gift of the gab after the host appeared on an episode of his Smartless podcast.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Having a gift for gab definitely helps pass the time between bites, Hinrichs says.
    Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025

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“Schmooze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schmooze. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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