Thesaurus results for TALKS OVER

talks over

verb

present tense third-person singular of talk over

as in debates

to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion your father and I will have to talk it over before agreeing to let you go on the class trip

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Recent Examples of talks over If someone talks over you, stay generous yet firm and restate your idea calmly, because centered delivery often wins the room. —

Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2026 The Athletic reported on Monday that O’Neil had held talks over replacing Rosenior. —

Colin Millar, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026 Earlier this week, shares slumped on a report that talks over a $10 billion data center deal with Blue Owl Capital had reached a standstill. —

Samantha Subin, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025 The breakdown of the talks over the ObamaCare subsidies means Congress is out of time to prevent out-of-pocket health costs from skyrocketing for millions of people at the start of next year. —

Emily Brooks, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2025 Kuminga watch The Kings pursued Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga in sign-and-trade talks over the summer, but the two sides couldn’t come to an agreement. —

Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2025 Both sides gave positive signals after trade talks over the weekend, with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggesting Beijing would defer its controls on rare earths, while the US would pull back its 100% tariff threat and extend an earlier tariff truce. —

Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025 Some respite may be on the horizon, however, after top US and Chinese trade officials held talks over the weekend and pledged to resume negotiations to lower tensions in their trade war as early as this week. —

Ben Smith, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025 China’s negotiating style has consistently been slow, methodical, and relentless in seeking better terms, as evidenced by talks over the PoS-2 stretching for over a decade. —

Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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This lesson matters today as the international community debates the future of Venezuela.

— Rick Singh, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
History debates The earlier 1870s period, when Levis Strauss and Jacob Davis patented the rivet, is an era in denim history which has many holes.

— Mohsin Sajid, Sourcing Journal, 16 Dec. 2025