as in chats
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
had a quick tête-à-tête with my neighbor before heading off to work
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Noun
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August 23 – September 22 Thoughtful chats forge strong foundations.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026 -
Package pickup — and theft — naturally make up a big percentage of what’s discussed in the chats, including my own.—
Sara Lieberman,
Curbed,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Amodei is in talks with Emil Michael, under-secretary of defense for research and engineering, in a last-ditch effort to reach an agreement on the terms governing the Pentagon's access to Anthropic's Claude models, the Times reported, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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The truce, signed in Qatar at the time, was followed by six days of talks in Istanbul, which resulted in an agreement to extend the truce and hold a third round of negotiations in November.—
SUZAN FRASER AND MUNIR AHMED THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Tête-à-têtes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAtes. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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