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Recent Examples of gabfest In the period of late night's rapid expansion, Showtime's gabfest stood out for pure personality and low-key conversational charm. Ew Staff, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022 However, this episode of Window Shop proves boring cars are directly proportional to the chances of a crossfire gabfest. Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2022 Now comes the hard part: hosting a global gabfest, without the toxicity. Steven Levy, Wired, 17 Mar. 2021 Third quarter, here’s Bob Myers dropping into the TV gabfest. Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 12 Dec. 2020 Calls can last for up to 24 hours (quite the gabfest), and are encrypted and password-protected. Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 6 July 2020 But there are only so many airings of marbles races, old games and gabfests about the April 23–25 NFL draft—an event that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, feels as significant as a speck of sand—that viewers can take. Sean Gregory, Time, 14 Apr. 2020 What was supposed to be his roommate interview became a gabfest. Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2020 The tone at this annual gabfest in the Alps was set with a downbeat forecast on Tuesday from the International Monetary Fund. Stephen Fidler, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gabfest
Noun
  • This process ensures that all Skype chats and contacts are automatically available in Teams, allowing users to continue their communications without interruption.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The chat evolved to a zoom call and then a visit with Zito’s family and then a day at the office meeting people.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Bong Joon-ho is addressing chatter about Donald Trump being the inspiration behind Mark Ruffalo‘s villainous character in Mickey 17.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Over the years, the filmmaker and Kraven the Hunter actor have had to navigate the chatter around their age difference.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Besides direct-to-consumer streaming MLB has been in talks with local cable and satellite distributors.
    Brad Adgate, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • First Base: LaMonte Wade Jr. Despite trade talk during the offseason, the Giants elected to retain Wade and roll with him as their starting first baseman.
    Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Green made do with a slightly depressing cafeteria lunch—a cheese-and-pickle sandwich and a shiny red apple—and some chitchat about the weather.
    Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Positioned near the far edge of the second row, not the alpha dog position that he is used to, Mr. Trump kept leaning over to speak to Mr. Obama, who smiled and indulged him in cordial chitchat.
    Peter Baker, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025

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“Gabfest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gabfest. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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