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 The remote location has also attracted many politicians, dignitaries and peace talks over the years, including American president Jimmy Carter and, more recently, the 2024 Ukraine peace summit attended by Volodymyr Zelenskyy. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026 Witkoff also hailed Russia’s willingness to restart talks over ending the war. — Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026 Bloomberg first reported that Anthropic and Nscale were in talks over a second deal. — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 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
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  • On the stream, Piker is live-reacting to a YouTube video from the popular channel Jubilee, in which a Black conservative debates a Black liberal.
    — Abigail Sylvor Greenberg, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
  • But on Monday, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan likened many of the investors drawn to the AI boom to gamblers and questioned the economics of AI labs as Wall Street debates whether the AI bubble will burst.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
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  • Lembke discusses the parts of the brain that activate in moments of crisis or transcendence, and the cognitive theories that help explain why uncertainty feels so uncomfortable.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Speaking to Variety, Roache-Turner discusses boarding the project and working once more with Browne.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026
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  • Wärtsilä argues that flexible engines could eventually help stabilize electricity grids once facilities receive permanent grid connections.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Masket argues that El-Sayed’s influence could make an impact ahead of the 2028 presidential race, particularly in the Midwest.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 4 Nov. 2026

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“Talks over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talks%20over. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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