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friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
he thought he weathered the table talk over dinner with his future in-laws rather well
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Recent Examples of table talk
Enjoy a table talk with fathers, in partnership with the Black Child Development Institute, United Way of Greater Cincinnati, and DJ Dough.
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 30 Jan. 2024
Friday’s list of activities featured ice breakers, table talks, and opportunities to write down our feelings, thoughts and ideas in our high-quality journals provided by BLK.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Sep. 2023
However, the timing of those main table talks could move up, after Fain’s new deadline was given late Monday, the source added.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023
As edited, with valuable commentary by Wagner, Trevelyan’s letters and diaries blend gossip, declarations of love, Eliot’s table talk and, not least, a remarkable woman’s shrewd observations.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 30 Jan. 2024
Friday’s list of activities featured ice breakers, table talks, and opportunities to write down our feelings, thoughts and ideas in our high-quality journals provided by BLK.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Sep. 2023
However, the timing of those main table talks could move up, after Fain’s new deadline was given late Monday, the source added.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023
As edited, with valuable commentary by Wagner, Trevelyan’s letters and diaries blend gossip, declarations of love, Eliot’s table talk and, not least, a remarkable woman’s shrewd observations.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for table talk
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This technology will seamlessly integrate with existing omnichannel communication strategies, providing consistent experiences across both chat and voice interfaces.Adrian Swinscoe, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Lily Allen has long been an open book about her mental and physical health, but in a new chat on her and Miquita Oliver’s Miss Me?Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 Dec. 2024
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In another nod to history, Wright-Patterson was home to the 1995 peace talks that resulted in the Dayton Peace Accords between Yugoslavia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, which ended a three-and-half-year war in Bosnia.Brad Lendon, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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The annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) in Vancouver, the world’s largest AI research conference, served as the backdrop for two thought-provoking talks by AI luminaries Jeff Dean of Google and Yann LeCun of Meta.Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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The world is filled with chatter about whether AI can fulfill its promise in delivering ROI to the enterprise.R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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The vibe of the evening is a slow crescendo, our chatter building to the point where three or four of us are simultaneously talking into our phones and thrusting them in front of one another, all with a remarkable sense of good cheer.Joe Ray, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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Officers who were staging for the undercover operation reported that Schoonover engaged in small talk with them with before entering a room at the hotel.Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
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Sometimes the cars stacked up as people made small talk with her at the drive-through window.John Branch, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Table talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/table%20talk. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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