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dialogue

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


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Unavoidably the text has been chopped and channeled, with some swapping of parts, bits of narration screwed into dialogue and events described in a paragraph blown out into scenes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Using very little musical scoring, sticking to naturalistic dialogue featuring awkward silences, and eschewing flashy cinematography and editing, he allows each scene to breathe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The cover for his debut solo studio album, “Indigo,” depicts Hyong-keun’s 1972 painting “Blue,” and the album’s lead track, “Yun,” a collaboration with Erykah Badu, kicks off with recorded dialogue from the artist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Following Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the White House last week, Beijing and Washington announced the launch of a new AI dialogue, with further talks scheduled for November.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

If you can create the right framework, all of a sudden, engaging in the kind of fluid, effortless, spur-of-the-moment dialogue that makes for good improv theater becomes a lot easier.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

"The two countries have a long history of backchannel dialogues," Markey notes, "and these have at times been effective ways to mitigate hostility and even to set the stage for more formal dialogues."

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

The goal of the meeting was to discuss an easing of U.S. sanctions and kick-start higher-level dialogues about resetting U.S.-Eritrea ties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2026

How can I make you see it, this strange harsh light which pervades Homer’s landscapes and illumines the dialogues of Plato, an alien light, inarticulable in our common tongue?

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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

From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2016

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

In the scene in which it was produced the daring author has dialogued thus: Scene III Mlle.

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

Sophocles, however, so dialogued this part of the drama, that it has no appearance of a contrivance to instruct, but seems a natural conversation of the dramatis personæ.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop

Through the dialogued story it led up to the drama.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner

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

On one tune, “Craig and I started dialoguing, and I realized this wasn’t the usual ‘I’m soloing and you’re gonna comp,’ ” Carter recalled.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2017

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

And how could I do this better, than by dialoguing a little with him before them?

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 by Samuel Richardson




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