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colloquy

[kol-uh-kwee] / ˈkɒl ə kwi /


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I was just thinking about that colloquy he had at his confirmation.

From Slate • May 9, 2025

The opening exchange is treated as cross-examination masquerading as comradely colloquy.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2023

He attached a printout of his colloquy with the bot, which shows it tossing out words like “sure” and “certainly!”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2023

“When something was wrong, there was a real colloquy between the court and Congress. The court would say, ‘Hey, this doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.’

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2022

Plainly skeptical but unwilling to engage in a colloquy with a wheedling Teller, Fermi pleaded that he was too tired from the flight to give him a hearing, much less a commitment.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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