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colloquy

[kol-uh-kwee] / ˈkɒl ə kwi /


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Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan seemed the most willing to read that colloquy in Pitchford’s favor.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

And in the second act, he has a crucial existential colloquy with Marianne, Rachel Bay Jones’ wealthy airhead, who reveals a surprising amount of depth in a philosophical back and forth with her uncertain confessor.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023

“When something was wrong, there was a real colloquy between the court and Congress. The court would say, ‘Hey, this doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.’

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2022

“That’s the remedy you have,” Justice Rolando T. Acosta said in a colloquy with Futerfas.

From Washington Post • May 11, 2022

Plainly skeptical but unwilling to engage in a colloquy with a wheedling Teller, Fermi pleaded that he was too tired from the flight to give him a hearing, much less a commitment.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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