schmoozing

variants or shmoozing
present participle of schmooze

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of schmoozing Enjoy schmoozing with partners, spouses and close friends. Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schmoozing
Verb
  • Great Again hats and T-shirts emblazoned with Kirk’s face, ignored the registration queries and continued chatting with friends.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Being less direct and formal can help prevent your kid putting a wall up — as can chatting during car rides since not being face-to-face can feel less intimidating for them.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Powered by Apple Intelligence, a new Live Translation mode is said to deliver near real-time language translation to your ears when conversing with someone who speaks another language.
    Marc Saltzman, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Bowie this week was advised by the city attorney’s office that she had been seen conversing with the Taylors in the hallway outside the council chambers, which could be construed as stepping outside of her role as a neutral party in an appeals hearing.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rei is talking with her mom on the phone about her burgeoning anime illustrator career.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a little bit of talking past one another, in the sense that Republicans are trying to run a process that is better than [the stablecoin bill had].
    Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Schmoozing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schmoozing. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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