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[chat] / tʃæt /




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We make breakfast together and then we do emails, chat, sometimes there’s a call, then I try to get through a couple of papers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Max now functions like Telegram offering chat groups and channels.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

She hopes that, maybe one day, Andy will join Mandy on TikTok for a chat.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

A license plate circulated on chat networks, and agents later swapped it out.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

“Should be quick. You two chat while I’m gone.”

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone

The searches showed Claude chats for which a user had decided to "share" a link had been saved by search engines like Google, leaving them accessible to the broader public.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

There were whistles, Signal chats, legal observers, carpools, rent funds, and grocery deliveries.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Customers are overflowing the gym’s official group chats.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Retention of messages has also been an issue in the federal government, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio setting some of his Signal chats to auto-delete.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

“Uh, there’s FaceTime and video chats and all that computer stuff you kids are so good at. You can show me. We’ll stay in constant contact. Every day. I promise.”

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

She said her mind leapt to human trafficking, a popular topic in the Facebook groups where she chatted with other surrogates.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Recently he chatted with The Times to discuss the process of continuing the fest’s revival and why it’s still a vital part of the summer festival ecosystem.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

As we chatted on our way to and from the lobby, I thought about a long-ago Coke business trip—a wartime journey to North Africa—that eventually led to the company’s planetary dominance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Nearby, a driver for a limousine service chatted with his dispatcher.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

I see her furiously looking at the neat columns and rows that I made into a pretty sick cartoon, imitating a level of Donkey Kong, while Mom and Dr. Hamid chatted.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

This means we can expect more clips of Burnham in casual mode, chatting into a handheld phone or answering questions on policy in an apparently spontaneous fashion on X, Instagram or TikTok.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

I was waiting at a bar for a dinner table and the guy I was chatting with was pretty upset about his tax bill.

From MarketWatch Jul. 19, 2026

A handsome plumber was as likely to get in as a couture-clad socialite; once inside, he might find himself chatting up Mick Jagger or dancing with Liza Minnelli.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Her dad was outgoing and friendly, chatting with neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

They ran through the Spector Lagoon, where ghosts were yawning awake and chatting with one another.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega




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