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[chat] / tʃæt /




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Burnham stopped to chat with local residents after visiting the garden before heading to the nearby community centre.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The group chat, which was the main point of communication for the group, went from 70 members to 30.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

Lane described the cloud communications platform Twilio — which allows businesses to add voice, text, chat and other features to their software —as a neutral aggregator of the agent boom.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

“There was a woman on the Hill who told me she was in a group chat where people share my tweets and they appreciate me standing up, even though people scream at me,” said Tanden.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Even Lily seems to know this isn’t the time to chat about horoscopes.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

From online influencers to Reddit threads and group chats, it’s not the first time discussions have sparked around whose responsibility it is to teach young boys about consent, boundaries and rape culture.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

Parents who link their accounts can set times when ChatGPT can’t be used and schedule study hours when the teens’ chats start in study mode.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Meta says later this year it will offer a confidential virtual machine that encrypts data so the company can’t access the chats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Mediapart's investigation is built on comments in private chats allegedly written by Bardella in the summer of 2013 when he was 17 or 18 years old.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

It felt like I was always missing Auggie’s FaceChat requests, so finally we decided to schedule our chats for right before dinner on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

As the podcast gained momentum, and Levine chatted with experts and listeners, he developed a hunch: Perhaps this young woman was the daughter of someone profiting from Europe’s vast economic power over its colonies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

A builder I chatted to at the gym reckoned they would be useful on sites for recording what he was doing, either in the event of an accident or even to teach others new skills.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Many people in line in Marina del Rey chatted about their favorite Sanrio characters and exchanged childhood memories.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

There, he says, he chatted with strangers who told him they were taking the same precaution following a recent home invasion in Comanche.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Usually the store hummed with noise as people chatted, laughed, and exchanged jokes with the tiny white-haired owner who sat at his usual spot, next to the register.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

His boss's Instagram page now features videos of the former prime minister lifting weights to rap music, or chatting with Shalev in the street.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Bobby Robotowitz” follows Dina, a flailing novelist, mother and wife, as she begins chatting with Bobby, whom she finds an unlikely confidant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

But the mics also picked up reporters chatting, and embarrassing comments went beyond their frequent use of the hyper-localized and outdated NorCal modifier “hella.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

He has been a ringside regular since signing with Matchroom, most recently attending Katie Taylor's farewell fight at Dublin's Croke Park, and chatting with UFC fighter Ian Machado Garry at a recent charity fundraising event.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

She was chatting with Arnold, Kenny and Allen.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen


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