as in to mingle
to take part in social activities
he likes to socialize with his coworkers after work ends
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Recent Examples of socialize
Nevertheless, this is a marvelous day to socialize – and flirt!
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
Travel and socializing with friends, neighbors, and siblings could also be popping up for you quite soon.
—Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
Younger generations are reportedly less likely to socialize in person and less likely to enjoy, let alone voluntarily engage in, unscripted, spontaneous conversation.
—Linda-Marie Barrett
september 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
But Sacks has gone out of his way to socialize his crypto and AI pushes with chief of staff Susie Wiles, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and other aides.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
Travel and socializing with friends, neighbors, and siblings could also be popping up for you quite soon.
—Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
Younger generations are reportedly less likely to socialize in person and less likely to enjoy, let alone voluntarily engage in, unscripted, spontaneous conversation.
—Linda-Marie Barrett
september 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
But Sacks has gone out of his way to socialize his crypto and AI pushes with chief of staff Susie Wiles, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and other aides.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for socialize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for socialize
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Then there's also going to be panel interviews and mingling with the judges again.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Off-schedule, Ralph Lauren invited guests to the brand’s Upper East Side headquarters to present its newest collection, with Oprah Winfrey, Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra and Jessica Chastain among those mingling in the front row.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Still, the trouble with grafting modern assumptions onto distant historical eras is that the two usually mix like oil and water.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Markets were mixed in Asia on Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 adding more than 1% to hit an all-time high, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Socialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialize. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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