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Normally, such cross talk is seen as interference, which radios are designed to suppress—especially digital radios with their error-correcting schemes and inherent resistance to low-level noise.
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Ana I. Pérez-Neira,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 Apr. 2026
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Ana I. Pérez-Neira,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross talk
Noun
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All the monsters can go away now or just go hiding under the bed where they’ll conveniently be forgotten amid the coming happy talk for the next eight months.
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There is a lot of happy talk about working together to expand the pie, but the word competition keeps bumping up against the word collaboration.
Noun
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In January 2015, Shirley agreed to a plea deal in exchange for testifying against the Leonard brothers.
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The resulting arguments, trolling and nasty exchanges can signal to the algorithm that the content is engaging, prompting it to show those posts to even more people who are likely to react and further amplify the conversation.
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“Cross talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross%20talk. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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