as in chatted
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
jurors are not allowed to converse while the attorneys go off to one side to confer with the judge
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Recent Examples of conversed
Dame Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, Karen Elson, Karlie Kloss, and Donatella Versace conversed in front of a Rothko, estimated at $80 million.
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Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 30 Apr. 2026
Reunions everywhere For almost an hour before the teams squared off, Warriors guard Pat Spencer sat next to and conversed with his younger brother Cam, a shooting guard on the Grizzlies.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
Voices conversed in friendly banter as a speaker boomed old Motown hits and even some Jethro Tull.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
One summer day, Joe O’Donnell conversed with his wife and daughter inside a gazebo overlooking a small lake, taking a midday break from running their horse boarding facility, Irish Acres.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Lee said that three thousand users have conversed with the company’s chatbot since its soft launch, in 2024.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Our lives and bodies conversed and chattered.
—Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
The 18-year-old, who is a University of Miami golf commit, filmed the session as the pair played best ball and conversed about life, politics and sports.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Akkasca returned to the vehicle, took a video documenting the car’s lack of damage, conversed with Hertz employees and managers about it, and was told the app would talk directly to him – which was untrue, reported Carscoops.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 30 Apr. 2026
Reunions everywhere For almost an hour before the teams squared off, Warriors guard Pat Spencer sat next to and conversed with his younger brother Cam, a shooting guard on the Grizzlies.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
Voices conversed in friendly banter as a speaker boomed old Motown hits and even some Jethro Tull.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
One summer day, Joe O’Donnell conversed with his wife and daughter inside a gazebo overlooking a small lake, taking a midday break from running their horse boarding facility, Irish Acres.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Lee said that three thousand users have conversed with the company’s chatbot since its soft launch, in 2024.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Our lives and bodies conversed and chattered.
—Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
The 18-year-old, who is a University of Miami golf commit, filmed the session as the pair played best ball and conversed about life, politics and sports.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Akkasca returned to the vehicle, took a video documenting the car’s lack of damage, conversed with Hertz employees and managers about it, and was told the app would talk directly to him – which was untrue, reported Carscoops.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversed
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Additionally, business passengers tend to be low maintenance, at least according to an Alaska Airlines flight attendant who chatted with T+L via email.—
Joey Skladany,
Travel + Leisure,
15 May 2026
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Staffers in the front office smoked, gabbed on the phone, and chatted with the illustrators and couriers stopping by the third-floor walk-up to drop off portfolios.—
Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
15 May 2026
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Maisey, played by the phenomenal Lark White, is Black, and her shy adoptive father, Wayne (Ben Beckley), has never talked to her about her birth parents or even about race.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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At many such events in the past, people seated near me have talked throughout the concert.—
Maggie Penman,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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“Conversed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversed. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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