as in discussions
talking or a talk between two or more people
Thomas Jefferson was celebrated for his brilliant, wide-ranging conversations with a host of friends and acquaintances
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Recent Examples of conversations
By evening, disruptive Uranus enters Gemini, shifting conversations, decisions, and how information moves through your world.
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Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
The team wanted to keep Phillips and even engaged in conversations with Trey Hendrickson, showing the desire for a high-level edge rusher to join Jalyx Hunt and Nolan Smith in the top three.
—Jeff Howe, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
The official requested anonymity to speak candidly about the sensitive conversations that took place at the time.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
The goal, Diep said, is to create a space where people can easily connect and have the spontaneous conversations that make being in the office worthwhile.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
Those conversations became the foundation of the mural.
—Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
With Mercury active in your friendship zone and linking to Pluto in your learning sector, conversations can turn into something useful.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2026
As the supernatural takes hold, the film’s central location, Sam’s barn/work studio, transforms from the container of their conversations into their portal across time, space, and different dimensions of their creative energy and connection.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026
Each installment dissects the making-of of a show, novel, painting, song, or other work through conversations with artists and their artifacts.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
The team wanted to keep Phillips and even engaged in conversations with Trey Hendrickson, showing the desire for a high-level edge rusher to join Jalyx Hunt and Nolan Smith in the top three.
—Jeff Howe, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
The official requested anonymity to speak candidly about the sensitive conversations that took place at the time.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
The goal, Diep said, is to create a space where people can easily connect and have the spontaneous conversations that make being in the office worthwhile.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
Those conversations became the foundation of the mural.
—Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
With Mercury active in your friendship zone and linking to Pluto in your learning sector, conversations can turn into something useful.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2026
As the supernatural takes hold, the film’s central location, Sam’s barn/work studio, transforms from the container of their conversations into their portal across time, space, and different dimensions of their creative energy and connection.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026
Each installment dissects the making-of of a show, novel, painting, song, or other work through conversations with artists and their artifacts.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversations
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Already ongoing for days ahead of the visit, discussions about handling security intensified after a heavily armed man sprinted through security and got yards away from the banquet hall crowded with about 2,000 journalists, federal officials and celebrities before he was tackled to the ground.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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In the streets of Washington, word of the alarming development spread through discussions with rideshare drivers and in the overheard comments of tuxedoed attendees who blurted out comments in smartphone conversations while walking away from the original site of the dinner.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
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Alongside the sharp exchanges about Section 702, lawmakers are also debating whether to introduce new restrictions on the government’s ability to purchase data from third-party data brokers.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
26 Apr. 2026
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Both sides had great chances in the early exchanges.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Part of the problem for investigators was that Kik chats were only preserved for 30 days.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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This allowed the attackers to read past chats, follow ongoing conversations and even see address books and other data stored by the users.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Her work stages dialogues between contemporary and historical narratives through a distinctly dark, interdisciplinary lens.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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The aim of the new institution will be to foster dialogues within the contemporary art community located in the larger Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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By the mid-1960s, the school, located in the center of Harlem, was among the few schools in the United States to publish a yearbook directly engaged with the civil rights and Black Power discourses of the era.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Nov. 2025
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By analyzing discourses on development squarely within Native American studies, Yazzie situates capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism into the politics of nation-building.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Conversations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversations. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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