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talking-to

[taw-king-too] / ˈtɔ kɪŋˌtu /
NOUN
admonishment
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


NOUN
admonition
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST






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The companies aren’t currently talking to Airbus about their joining the project, according to a person familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

And he’s mindful of the audience he’s talking to.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

"The challenge has always been that these systems have too much symmetry. All the atoms are talking to light in the same way," Clerk said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

I’m someone who’s pathologically chatty, and so talking to Greg, who is completely fine with there being pauses in conversation, and is just a confident grown-up, it was incredibly intimidating.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

She seemed to be talking to herself as she continued to thumb through the periodicals.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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