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Recent Examples of socialize
This Levantine subculture socialized in French, voiced endearments in Arabic, communicated with functionaries in Turkish.
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Joseph O’Neill, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
This cohort is spending less time at the club for late-night outings and more time socializing in the park, at daytime sporting events or on a hike.
—John Kell, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Students at such private boarding schools – they are called public schools in the United Kingdom – came mostly from wealthy families and were sent there not just for their education but also for socializing with their peers.
—Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
Grab every opportunity to socialize with others.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
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Joseph O’Neill, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
This cohort is spending less time at the club for late-night outings and more time socializing in the park, at daytime sporting events or on a hike.
—John Kell, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Students at such private boarding schools – they are called public schools in the United Kingdom – came mostly from wealthy families and were sent there not just for their education but also for socializing with their peers.
—Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
Grab every opportunity to socialize with others.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for socialize
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Guests celebrating Giant included American Vogue Editor Chloe Malle as well as theater producers Tom Kirhady, Lucas McMahon, and Greg Nobile, who sipped on wine and champagne and dined on light bites whilst mingling and talking Tony prospects.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
29 May 2026
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It is also written with classical punctuation, whereby a paragraph or even an entire story might be written across the duration of a single period, the narration mingling with character voices that ifntrude unannounced.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Portraits of the Hobhouse family, who lived here for more than two centuries, hang alongside tapestry wall trophies in the drawing room, while the teal bar mixes original cornicing with vibrant bamboo chairs.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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From Stonewall’s 1969 uprising to today’s golf tournaments, human rights summits and bar crawls, Pride events in Los Angeles, New York and global cities mix festival energy with defiance.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Loukola, who was at the University of Oulu in Finland at the time, first trained the bees to associate a small blue circle with a sweet treat.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
7 June 2026
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Everyone associated with the program now calls him the best hitter in school history.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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“Socialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialize. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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