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dialogue

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


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“Run, Denise!” is the kind of unhelpful remark, delivered by Greg when his wife is already well aware that a T. rex is bearing down on her, that defines the dialogue.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

"Reading papers from both research fields, we realized that deeper dialogue between researchers from both fields is necessary."

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

In a moment when no one can quite agree on how to properly address what’s so clearly happening before our eyes with Grande, a film like “Maddie’s Secret” opens a dialogue.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

However, Conmebol did "express its concern about the repeated unilateral actions taken without resorting to dialogue or the institutional mechanisms provided for dealing with this type of situation".

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

The two boys again let it subside, then pick back up with their dialogue.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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

Researchers worked with Le Chat, a generative AI tool developed by the French start‑up Mistral, training it on Moliere's body of work, as well as dialogues and philosophical treatises.

From Barron's May 4, 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

Most often these dialogues took only a few minutes, but by the end of September there had already been two occasions when they had lasted more than three quarters of an hour.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

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

From The Guardian Jan. 19, 2016

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

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

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

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

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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