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as in talk
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
short chats between parents and teachers during the school's open house
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as in conversation
talking or a talk between two or more people
a fireside chat between two of America's foremost men of letters
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as in to talk
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
the coffeehouse became the favored place to meet friends and chat for hours
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as in to chatter
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
lost in his own world, the toddler chatted happily for hours
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Recent Examples of chat
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 May 2026
According to a company website, messages people share with Meta AI may be used by the social media company to improve its AI models, but personal chats on WhatsApp remain protected by end-to-end encryption and are not accessible for that purpose.
—Katie Paul, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 11 May 2026
Again, this is captured well, via supporters chatting in town during the week or in fan vox pops conducted straight after a match, when emotions are running at their highest.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 11 May 2026
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Noun
Studies suggest agents use roughly 4x more computing tokens than standard chat interactions, and multi-agent systems — where AI models coordinate with each other — use about 15x more.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 May 2026
According to a company website, messages people share with Meta AI may be used by the social media company to improve its AI models, but personal chats on WhatsApp remain protected by end-to-end encryption and are not accessible for that purpose.
—Katie Paul, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Verb
From world-class crews and infrastructure to incentives, innovation, and creative talent, this fireside chat will examine the state’s evolving production landscape and its vision for the future.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 11 May 2026
Again, this is captured well, via supporters chatting in town during the week or in fan vox pops conducted straight after a match, when emotions are running at their highest.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chat
Noun
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Days after Air Force One departed Beijing, Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit the Chinese capital for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Look, McIlroy might go out and shoot 63 on Sunday, turning the 2026 summer into a swirl of Grand Slam talk.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
Noun
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One bill that repeatedly came up in conversation was Senate Bill 2, a priority bill for Senate Democrats that would have changed the state’s sales-and-use tax, allowing some energy use by businesses to be exempt from the tax.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Mercury enters Gemini and moves through your 3rd House of Communication, waking up conversations, messages, and the small decisions that shape your day.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
Verb
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On her last day in Reggio Emilia, Middleton visited with schoolchildren in the woods—even sitting in the grass and sharing stories of her own kids while conversing with the students.—
Stefania Saltalamacchia,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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On April 30, the TikTok star, 25, and the Houston Texans wide receiver, 30, were spotted conversing at the Sports Illustrated x Authentic Brands Group party at The Surf Club Restaurant in Miami.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
Verb
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But a chattering bird builds no nest!—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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Tabakis lightly strums and plucks over a glowing drone and chattering birds, offering an ecumenical introduction, a smiling welcome.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Fulton covers sections of the city east of the 101 Freeway, writing voicey blurbs that collect upcoming events, intriguing real-estate listings, and niche celebrity gossip.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Through scenes of gossip, frolicking and even a foot chase as cops try to shut the revelry down, Basholli introduces her setting (Prishtina, Kosovo in the late ‘90s) as though the audience were an eager participant in every conversation, and privy to the girls’ secrets.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Araghchi said Russia’s proposal was not currently under active discussion, but could be revisited.—
Sheikh Saaliq,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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After four seasons, Lawrence left Spin City when Fox did and went on to create Scrubs at NBC, a series that often gets lost in discussions of how TV comedy evolved in the aughts.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
16 May 2026
Verb
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The fans sang soccer chants and shouted players’ names.—
Warren Mayes,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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But both camps have shared stories of harassment from the other side, including removing campaign literature, shouting at volunteers, and online bullying.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
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For decades, late-night TV has introduced trailblazers trying to break, or reinvent, the staid routine of stand-up monologues and celebrity chitchat.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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Using a Negroni and up to two glasses of Malbec, get through pre-appetizer chitchat, group ordering, salad, entrées, dessert, all the way to the Uber ride home, without oversharing or otherwise saying anything that will result in an emotional hangover the next morning.—
Charles Yu,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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