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as in talks
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 conversations
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 converses
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 chatters
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 chats
Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2026
Flirty texts, meaningful exchanges and chance encounters spark something unexpected, especially through everyday moments like errands, commutes or late-night chats that start casually and end with momentum.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Since Maduro’s capture, false visuals have spread online and flooded WhatsApp communities and chats.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Music discovery is happening with the latest Netflix drop, within gaming ecosystems like Fortnite and YouTube, on video podcasts, in group chats and through live experiences.
—Oscar Höglund, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2026
Researchers say these false narratives speed through social media, podcasts and private group chats far faster than fact-checkers can respond.
—Philip Jankowski, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
The star of the Netflix rom-com chats about the transformative joy of travel.
—Arundhati Hazra, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
The chats in the dressing room were normal and took place whatever the result.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
This was the first year in recent memory where none of the nominees in the big four categories set off a hearty round of guffaws across my various chats and social media feeds.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025
December 29, NPR, 29 Dec. 2025
Jason Bateman chats with David Letterman at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles for a new episode of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 21 Dec. 2025
Gathered around the couch, in a spacious living room soundtracked by hushed jazz piano, her little sister disassociates with headphones while her pops casually chats to her stepmother; observing from a wheelchair is her 94-year-old great-grandmother.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2025
One of the three new global ambassadors for BOSS Bottled Beyond, Maluma chats behind-the-scenes of shooting the new campaign with Bradley Cooper and Vinicius Júnior.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Below, Dev Hynes chats with Billboard about how his new Blood Orange record came together, and how aging and nostalgia inspired his rawest album yet.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
Join our live chats or ask a question in advance.
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Host Mary Louise Kelly chats with national security correspondent Greg Myre and books and culture reporter Andrew Limbong about some of their favorite books and authors in the world of espionage fiction.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for chats
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Sometimes, that means a staff member sits near the enclosure and talks to them or reads a book to them.—
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The organization puts on talks and networking events for women of color in Sacramento, and solicits sponsorships from companies like AT&T and the California Faculty Association.—
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The broadcast, known for its signature segments The Dish and Saturday Sessions, offers insightful conversations with world-class artists, authors, chefs and musicians.—
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Being polite about the topic at hand will help your conversations stay productive.—
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Epstein converses with Summers Larry Summers, Clinton’s Treasury secretary and the director of the National Economic Council under former President Obama, corresponded with Epstein numerous times via email.—
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Famed for launching Downton Abbey, the network has been courting sale interest for well over a year, but for all the industry chatter and press speculation, ITV’s silence has been stony.—
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In the case of Copeland, has noted that his name has not even been brought up within WWE, even with the online chatter.—
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According to two people familiar with the discussions, earlier this year, Döpfner talked to Bari Weiss about buying her opinion site, The Free Press.—
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Katz, Mamdani’s campaign manager, said there were private discussions between the two.—
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Hilliker shouts as her family applauds them.—
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Eilish shouts from the open window.—
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The father, Man, prattles on about mowing the lawn, painting the fence, and managing their orchard’s irrigation, while the son periodically falls off his chair from boredom.—
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“Chats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chats. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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