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tete-a-tete

[tayt-uh-tayt, tet-uh-tet, te-ta-tet] / ˈteɪt əˈteɪt, ˈtɛt əˈtɛt, tɛ taˈtɛt /




tête-à-tête


NOUN
small sofa
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Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping are due to meet then, and White House officials expect to make some modest announcements as part of the tete-a-tete, but fundamental differences in the relationship will remain unchanged.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

Lula added he liked run-offs as they provide the opportunity for a "tete-a-tete debate."

From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2022

"The Origin Of Love" remains one of the loveliest songs about romance recorded in the last two decades, while Mitchell and Trask, as Hedwig and Gnosis, provide perfect counterpoints for the film's musical tete-a-tete.

From Salon ● May 30, 2022

Within minutes of arriving, I’m in a tete-a-tete with Pauline, trying to persuade her that I’m a competent diver despite the seven years that have passed since my last scuba experience.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2018

Our tete-a-tete is not following its usual course.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

While I was there, he had an hourlong tête-à-tête with his former chief rival, Petro Poroshenko.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

The film finally transitions from the emotional tête-à-tête to the genre piece that was promised, as Sam and Mary discover they’ve seen the same ghost: a horrifying red spectral vision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

The "Call Her Daddy" conversation was not the contentious tête-à-tête the chattering class has come to expect after decades of cable news bloviating somehow came to represent meaningful political coverage.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2024

“Freud’s Last Session” comes from the stage and, like “The Two Popes,” centers on the tête-à-tête of intellectual opposites.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

I’d already turned into the aisle—one with fluffy animals and big boxed jigsaws—before I realised Ruth and Chrissie were standing together at the end of it, having some sort of tête-à-tête.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

So what could China’s leader and President Donald Trump achieve on AI in their tête-à-têtes on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

And it was during one of those tête-à-têtes that Infantino suggested the idea of a first annual Peace Prize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

An extended couch of striking blue-green color allows for tête-à-têtes to be conducted at various degrees of intimacy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

The tête-à-têtes between Ethan and Traveler should crackle, but they feel flat.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024

There were no more rides out with Maude; no more pleasant tête-à-têtes: all was smiles carefully iced, and he turned at last to Tom for an explanation.

From Lady Maude's Mania by George Manville Fenn


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