tête-à-tête 1 of 2

as in personally
in person and usually privately met tête-à-tête with the student's parents to discuss his disciplinary problems in class

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tête-à-tête

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noun

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Recent Examples of tête-à-tête
Noun
His tete-a-tete with Tebogo continued after the Olympics when the pair raced at the Diamond League meets in Zurich and Brussels. Liam Tharme, New York Times, 28 June 2025 The president also seemed to take issue with reports from Chinese officials that the U.S. had initiated the tete-a-tete. Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 There should be more to a Europa League quarter-final than a verbal tete-a-tete between a United goalkeeper and a former United midfielder who spent the first leg as an unused substitute. Carl Anka, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 These two have gone tete-a-tete against the top pair and are starting to come out on top. Todd Boss, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 Now, though, both candidates will have White House records to back up, leaving it unclear whether either will be able to seize the offensive -- and if one or the other will end up stuck on their back foot for the 90-minute tete-a-tete. Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 26 June 2024 But truly do not feel any pressure to have that tete-a-tete anytime soon. Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024 Most likely, sources say, the two will have a tete-a-tete on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in September. Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tête-à-tête
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  • Thus, in pretty much every real estate loan of this type, the lender will require that the real estate developer personally guarantee that the lender will be repaid in full on the loan, no matter what happens to ABC LLC and its assets.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • After personally threatening the International Atomic Energy Agency’s director general, Rafael Grossi, Tehran suspended all cooperation with the agency.
    John R. Bolton, The Atlantic, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • As mentioned above, your chats and inputs to generative AI are likely discoverable at this point to determine whether generative AI was used to create invention scope beyond what was disclosed by the original human inventors.
    Wen Xie, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Cox internet customer service Contact Cox customer service or check on a Cox internet outage via phone, text or online chat.
    Kara McGinley, USA Today, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Trump has set a July 9 deadline for imposing reciprocal tariffs, but trade talks have run into obstacles including discussions over duties on farm goods, steel and car parts.
    Jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
  • June is your invitation to walk your talk and finally reclaim your power!
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025

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“Tête-à-tête.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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