colloquy

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The opening exchange is treated as cross-examination masquerading as comradely colloquy.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 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

In a later colloquy with Republican Sen. Mike Lee, Jackson hit this point once more.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 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