schmooze
Example Sentences
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To close them, he needed to schmooze clients, and that required something he didn’t have.
From Los Angeles Times
The institute attracts people who are far more comfortable talking about stellar parallaxes or maintaining century-old gears than schmoozing with donors or generating buzz.
From Los Angeles Times
Tom Girardi spent his career schmoozing with other lawyers about big cases, often in a smart suit at a choice table in his private club.
From Los Angeles Times
In other words: no writing, no pitching about writing and no talking or schmoozing about said writing.
From Los Angeles Times
“They would find it easier to kind of schmooze with people and use people and so forth,” Patrick says.
From Scientific American
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