talkathon

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Recent Examples of talkathon Even with Ralph Fiennes, one of our finest stage actors, portraying Moses, the play often comes across as an information-shoveling talkathon. Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022 He was hired by Mutual to succeed the recently deceased Long John Nebel as host of a weeknight coast-to-coast radio talkathon for night owls and early risers. New York Times, 23 Jan. 2021 At this point any real progress on immigration (other than the aforementioned mini-deal) is a long shot, so the talkathon in the Senate, however interesting and healthy, may represent little more than wind in the sails of a ship going nowhere. Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 13 Feb. 2018 Wearing four-inch heels and forgoing any breaks, Pelosi spent much of the rare talkathon reading personal letters from the young immigrants whose temporary protection from deportation is set to expire next month. Steve Peoples and Alan Fram, Houston Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018 US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris global climate change agreement last week gave a boost in one area: media attention to the oceans talkathon. Richard Roth, CNN, 7 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for talkathon
Noun
  • While Ben admited to her that the two had met professionally at a medical symposium, the full extent of their acquaintanceship was not revealed until the very end of the finale in a major cliffhanger.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Kardel hopes San Diegans can attend the Dark Sky events this week, such as the star party and dark sky symposium at the Santa Ysabel Nature Center on Saturday, April 18, to learn from the researchers and take a look through a telescope to admire the sky.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • And former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy joins our roundtable.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • To put that language into practice, the financial services firm runs Ask Us Anything sessions with senior leaders; monthly leadership roundtables; and regular pulse surveys that feed straight into decisions on workplace flexibility, benefits, and career development.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Lolita feels like a suspiciously low lift for advanced seminar.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Those seminars came with an unusual twist.
    Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Meaningful conversations between my wife and me are thwarted by her unwillingness to engage in rational discussions.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The negotiators discussed the Strait of Hormuz, Baghaei said, but did not mention discussion of nuclear weapons.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Wednesday's meeting lasted more than two hours, and Sharif was accompanied by Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar.
    April 16, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Morine Ngum, a mother of three whose husband was shot dead in 2022 by Cameroonian soldiers while fighting as a separatist, expressed doubt that the pope’s visit and peace meeting would lead to meaningful change.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • His government promulgated a new constitution after just nine days of debate in the National Assembly.
    Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • State funding levels, including Proposition 98 allocations, have also factored into the debate, with union leaders arguing revenue projections are stronger than the district has indicated.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Meaningful conversations between my wife and me are thwarted by her unwillingness to engage in rational discussions.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
  • After that conversation, the Langwell investigators stepped in.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The chat room was on fire, because Magnus Carlsen had lost to the kid—Hans Niemann—and then implied that Hans had cheated.
    Ben Mezrich, Vanity Fair, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The ambience of the chat rooms is like that of Hooters: visually indelicate but discursively family-friendly.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026

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“Talkathon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talkathon. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.

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