as in chat
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
at the corporate get-together we made the obligatory small talk with some people from the home office
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Recent Examples of small talk
Ask about their weekends, their hobbies, how work is going or other small talk topics.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Once, small talk in meetings faded into the background.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The small talk before a meeting.
—Lorraine K. Lee, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Angèle, the makeup artist, goes from gig to gig, engaging in brief and rarely very meaningful small talk with whoever’s around.
—Richard Lawson, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Once, small talk in meetings faded into the background.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The small talk before a meeting.
—Lorraine K. Lee, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Angèle, the makeup artist, goes from gig to gig, engaging in brief and rarely very meaningful small talk with whoever’s around.
—Richard Lawson, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for small talk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for small talk
Noun
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The Sales Business’ Challenges In the roaring 1990s, the heyday of pre-sales and output deals, Patrick Wachsberger was able to cover 125% of a budget via bank finance and pre-sales, or so interviewer Roeg Sutherland in a warm humored chat.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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No Twitch account to even try to gift him or the chat!—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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North Korea has made significant advances in its nuclear and ballistic missile programs in the absence of talks.—
Stella Kim,
NBC news,
26 Sep. 2025
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During a bedtime conversation between Kaz and Caesar, for example, their dog keeps licking Caesar as Kaz tries to have a serious talk with him.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
25 Sep. 2025
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There has been much chatter about possible collaborators for the upcoming album.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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There is always chatter about these type of things, but this one is unlikely to lead to anything as of now.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
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Each monthly box includes three recipe guides, skill lessons, a kitchen tool, a kitchen project, an apron patch, table talk cards, and a grocery list.—
Jessica Booth,
Parents,
16 Dec. 2024
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Almost everything about Thanksgiving, from travel to table talk about politics, has the potential to become fraught.—
Kendra Nordin Beato,
The Christian Science Monitor,
26 Nov. 2024
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“Small talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/small%20talk. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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