as in discussed
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 talked over
Good ideas no longer die because the loudest person talked over them.
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Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Near the end of the debate, co-moderator and San Francisco Examiner editor-in-chief Schuyler Hudak Prionas groaned as candidates talked over each other while trying to answer a question that was supposed to elicit a yes or no response.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
The two then talked over each other.
—Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Apr. 2026
For months, Smith did not see her husband at all and only talked over the phone.
—Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Big ones, small ones, and anything in between could be talked over while Mercury transits your 9th House of Learning.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
During Wednesday’s hearing, Bessent frequently talked over Waters, trying to correct the California congresswoman’s message about tariffs and inflation.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Steeped in dread and indignation, Watcher is feminist horror that imagines what Rear Window would be like if Jimmy Stewart were constantly talked over and dismissed.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Vance tried to say something more, but Stephanopoulos talked over him and went to a commercial break.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Near the end of the debate, co-moderator and San Francisco Examiner editor-in-chief Schuyler Hudak Prionas groaned as candidates talked over each other while trying to answer a question that was supposed to elicit a yes or no response.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
The two then talked over each other.
—Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Apr. 2026
For months, Smith did not see her husband at all and only talked over the phone.
—Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Big ones, small ones, and anything in between could be talked over while Mercury transits your 9th House of Learning.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
During Wednesday’s hearing, Bessent frequently talked over Waters, trying to correct the California congresswoman’s message about tariffs and inflation.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Steeped in dread and indignation, Watcher is feminist horror that imagines what Rear Window would be like if Jimmy Stewart were constantly talked over and dismissed.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Vance tried to say something more, but Stephanopoulos talked over him and went to a commercial break.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for talked over
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The supervisors had discussed in March whether the money could be used to address pressing demands across the county, such as the multimillion-dollar liability from the Airport fire in 2024.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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According to The Associated Press, prior to the meeting, the pope discussed his and the artist's overlapping schedules and who might dominate young people's attention between the two figures.—
Mason Leib,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
Verb
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Amidst the momentous changes of her day, Carson not only fashioned a book that anticipated much that was yet to come and still to be debated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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This tension goes back to the very beginning, to the ratification of the Constitution, when Federalists and anti-Federalists debated whether there was enough glue to hold this new political entity together.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
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