as in to discuss
to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion
your father and I will have to talk it over before agreeing to let you go on the class trip
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Recent Examples of talk over
The breakdown of the talks over the ObamaCare subsidies means Congress is out of time to prevent out-of-pocket health costs from skyrocketing for millions of people at the start of next year.
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Emily Brooks, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2025
Trish talks a lot, and talks over Cannon.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
People interrupting, talking over each other, or joining mid-conversation can confuse tracking.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025
The defense, though, maintained there was no plan to attack anyone, and that the defendants are just kids who were engaged in tough talk over the internet, nothing else.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
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Emily Brooks, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2025
Trish talks a lot, and talks over Cannon.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
People interrupting, talking over each other, or joining mid-conversation can confuse tracking.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025
The defense, though, maintained there was no plan to attack anyone, and that the defendants are just kids who were engaged in tough talk over the internet, nothing else.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talk over
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In response to questions from The Sacramento Bee, representatives from the governor’s office did not address any of the proposals lawmakers have been discussing.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Before the closed-door session on Wednesday, board members publicly discussed approving, funding, and conducting an investigation into Bulson and any other board member who was potentially involved in the April 2024 incident.—
Ashley Paul,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Opposite a serene Rooney Mara and a raging Claire Foy, Buckley is a lone dissenting voice in Sarah Polley’s heart-wrenching portrait of a group of women and girls in an isolated Mennonite colony who are debating how to respond to a series of brutal attacks from the men in their community.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
12 Jan. 2026
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The band was the first to sanction fan taping at their concerts, spawning an abundance of homespun recordings that have been collected, traded and debated for decades.—
Erin Osmon,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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Mahan has also faulted the governor’s administration for dismissing allegations of waste, fraud and abuse in state programs, arguing those concerns should not be partisan.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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As argued in his book Abundance, Ezra Klein explains how America's growth has been hindered by well-meaning regulations, permitting requirements, and veto points that have blocked affordable housing, infrastructure, and clean energy development.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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