talking over

present participle of talk over

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Recent Examples of talking over Once the conversation gets underway, another way that respect becomes concrete is through really listening, rather than just waiting for your turn to argue, or, even worse, talking over the other person. Frederick J. Ryan, Fortune, 25 July 2026 Windsor-Smith also cuts this dialogue into smaller pieces, sometimes causing dialogue to overlap other dialogue, as if the speakers are excitedly talking over one another. Literary Hub, 22 June 2026 The finale of Lost still has people talking over 15 years later. Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026 At one point, Crabtree admonished them to stop talking over each other. Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026 The two candidates frequently interrupted each other, talking over each other’s remarks. Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 DeFalco has a unique style involving dynamic zooms, high-stakes scenes with characters talking over each other and a comedic sensibility that lands somewhere between Harmony Korine and John Waters. William Earl, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026 White and Dern triggered speculation when they were seen talking over smoothies in Los Angeles last July, around the time White was starting location scouting for Season 4. Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026 Maisler and Coogler were talking over the phone from the very beginning about putting Sinners together, before there was even a finished script. David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for talking over
Verb
  • With a pretty 24-year-old brunette isolated in their quarantine quarters, Apollo 11’s astronauts Wednesday completed the 10-day task of discussing with experts the details of their moon-landing mission.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • But her colleagues were constantly discussing their latest stock trades.
    Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This choice has left fans debating who or what is to blame if the movie is bad, or is not getting a big, splashy release.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Every hour spent debating where a model was built is an hour not spent building the controls that can stop this kind of incident from happening, regardless of its origin.
    Shlomo Kramer, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Talking over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talking%20over. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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