as in speaks (to or with)
to communicate with by means of spoken words
I had never talked to a real live cowboy before
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Martin Scorsese addresses attendees at NYU Tisch's Virtual Production Center to celebrate the school's new collaboration with Lavazza.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
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This iteration of the Prius addresses the shortcomings of its predecessor, transforming the hatchback into an exciting, fun car that can go the distance on a single tank of gas.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Zohran Mamdani greets a bodega worker before a press conference on October 29, 2025 in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx borough in New York City.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Sometimes even the most sophisticated and original of cinematic methods, and the bold ideas that go with them, risk becoming as routine and as comfortable as the praise that greets them.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Talks (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talks%20%28to%29. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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