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dialogue

[dahy-uh-lawg, -log] / ˈdaɪ əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg /


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It called for an investigation and urged all parties to resolve their differences through dialogue and take steps to prevent similar incidents.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

The judges said: "A Jamaican epic from one of the most impactful Caribbean novelists today; readers will love the shifting register of the dialogue and poetic phrasings, often pierced through with sharp, double-edged humour."

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

Cheng portrayed herself as someone who could promote peace with China through more dialogue with Beijing.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

Bessant said the two sides discussed setting up a way to communicate about AI issues called the "US-China AI dialogue."

From Barron's

The dialogue spoken onstage no longer sounded like words but like the last ticks of a dying clock winding down.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

Shouldn’t a museum, of all places, be a place where complex dialogues about art and humanity can prosper?

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

A senior county official said the dialogues have been productive and could result in a resolution soon—a prospect that doesn’t sit well with the Fisher Island interests.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

“We want dialogues and discussions where the Cubans are the protagonists.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 29, 2026

India and Bangladesh conduct annual military exercises, co-ordinated naval patrols, annual defence dialogues and operate a $500m Indian line of credit for defence purchases.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2026

Before leaving New York, I enrolled in a monthlong French class taught by a beautiful young Parisian woman who had us memorize a series of dialogues from an audiocassette that accompanied our textbook.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

I have not dialogued with her about the book, nor have I had the opportunity to read it.

From The Guardian Jan. 19, 2016

They read very much like dialogued essays; and it is interesting to compare them with Addison's essays which treat sometimes of the same subjects.

From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by J. J. Jusserand

Beaumarchais soon left his horse for the carriage, and as no author dialogued better for the stage so no man ever brought more art into his conversation.

From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Elizabeth S. Kite

Dialogue  is, indeed, the original word transferred bodily into the English language: διελογιζετο εν ἑαυτῳ—he dialogued in himself: his soul and he held a conversation on the subject.

From The Parables of Our Lord by William Arnot

Will he bear, do you think, to be thus dialogued with?

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Samuel Richardson

Interspersed throughout the story are black-and-white “mystical visions,” as Anderson calls them, in which Korda sees himself in heaven atoning for his sins and even dialoguing with God.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2025

“In the comments, these people are actually dialoguing, actually talking to each other,” Blaschko said.

From Slate Mar. 14, 2022

“We’re dialoguing with this masterpiece in the new forms of art, video, dance, theater. It’s like saying thank you to a masterpiece like the Sistine Chapel.”

From New York Times Mar. 12, 2018

Living our lives of faith or motivation with enthusiasm and excitement, convincing other, dialoguing with each other about important moral issues of the day…

From Time Oct. 5, 2016

Friedrich sent him a gold snuffbox by and by, but had no farther dialoguing.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Thomas Carlyle




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