talks over

present tense third-person singular of talk over
as in debates
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 talks over France, which holds the rotating presidency of the G-7 group, made the announcement in a statement released after videoconference talks over which French President Emmanuel Macron presided. — Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 While a quick reopening of the strait and a resumption of talks over Tehran’s nuclear program could be tempting to Trump, obstacles remain. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2026 Egypt had been deeply involved in talks over a ceasefire and a hostage-release deal. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 Located on either side of the strait, Iran and Oman have held talks over managing ship traffic through the critical waterway, which has been heavily disrupted by the Iran war. — Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, fears in Ceuta of further problems developing grew after Morocco’s minister of justice Abdellatif Ouahbi called for talks over its future and that of nearby Melilla, another Spanish city on the African side of the Mediterranean Sea. — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 That followed tariffs of 50% on other goods being levied on Saturday after talks over a potential trade deal fell apart. — Tom Liddy, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 Trump plans to revive talks over North Korea’s nuclear program and wants to meet with the pariah state’s dictator this year, The Wall Street Journal reported. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for talks over
Verb
  • Co-star Tom Blyth will surely hold his own in Michael Arden’s production of a play that debates whether the rule of law in a democracy can fully protect us from a dangerous world.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • As the group debates players, Pitt reveals the new modus operandi for the Oakland Athletics.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026
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  • Pike Vs Tennessee, Pike discusses the killing, her traumatic childhood and her fear as her execution approaches.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Ross references an article written by NDA chief conservation officer Kip Adams that discusses various deer raised by biologists that lived well into their late teens.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
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  • East of Eden argues the latter when Adam goes to see Cyrus, now an even more important government official, in 1899.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Peters argues that audit AI is arriving in a labor market that was already broken.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Talks over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talks%20over. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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