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tête-à-tête

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


NOUN
small sofa
Synonyms


tete-a-tete




Example Sentences

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After its China team’s tête-à-tête with Licht, Reckitt pulled out the stops to go to the social media apps where many Chinese wind up shopping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

When she revisited that high-octane scene on set with a more willing scene partner in Pelphrey, Jones said going tête-à-tête with him was a riveting experience: “I forgot that there were cameras rolling.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025

For a few hours on Sunday, the United States and Colombia engaged in a full-blown economic tête-à-tête.

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2025

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

Mr. Knightley and Harriet!—It was an odd tête-à-tête; but she was glad to see it.—There had been a time when he would have scorned her as a companion, and turned from her with little ceremony.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

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

These seem to be specific for intended "tete-a-tete" conversations with their preferred pack members.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2023

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

From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2022

Are we reading too much into a three-second tete-a-tete?

From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2021

I hear Minou dialing, putting in a call to Doroteo, their goodnight tete-a-tete, catching up on all the little news of their separated hours.

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

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

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

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024

At its West Hollywood outpost — one of the company’s 11 clubs — members paid upward of $250 a month for frosé on the terrazzo-checkered terrace and tête-à-têtes with Hollywood stars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

She realised now with hot cheeks how many meetings and tête-à-têtes had been managed for her and Elsmere, and how complacently she had fallen into Mrs. Thornburgh's snares.

From Robert Elsmere by Mrs. Humphry Ward


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