- present participle of chat.
chatting
Example Sentences
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But the mics also picked up reporters chatting, and embarrassing comments went beyond their frequent use of the hyper-localized and outdated NorCal modifier “hella.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
She is friends with Greek pop star Konstantinos Argiros, who at a recent concert spotted her in the crowd chatting with Marafatsos and twirled her around to one of his hit songs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
He has been a ringside regular since signing with Matchroom, most recently attending Katie Taylor's farewell fight at Dublin's Croke Park, and chatting with UFC fighter Ian Machado Garry at a recent charity fundraising event.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Over just two weeks in April 2026, Anthropic found more than 4,700 different Claude-powered AI characters chatting with at least 25,000 real users, sending about 2.36 million messages in total.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
All the tiny spiders stopped chatting to watch him closely.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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