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socialize

[soh-shuh-lahyz] / ˈsoʊ ʃəˌlaɪz /


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Meals can be a time to socialize and deepen bonds with family and friends.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

Military strategist Mick Ryan says the world’s bad actors have formed a “new adversary learning and adaptation bloc” to socialize the lessons of warfare from Ukraine and the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Desperate to help her socialize, Bonnie’s parents weigh the costs of getting her a tablet, reluctantly adding one to their cart.

From Salon Jun. 21, 2026

Freiha said the change was to accommodate the afternoon crowd, which tends to arrive in groups and wants a place to socialize.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2026

Sometimes she sat alone, the general off to some other row to socialize, and I would walk by, pretending not to know her, but dying to.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

One socializes with friends: Forty years in Charlottesville has brought me many smart and genial ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

Karan says he socializes and eats at indoor restaurants.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2024

He works in an office plaza, lives in a shoebox apartment with vellum-thin walls and socializes at his choice of nearby casual dining establishments with names like Flingers and Chotchkie's Bar & Grill.

From Salon Mar. 1, 2024

Mr. Khan socializes with F.B.I. agents, prison guards, military lawyers and top prison officials during “religious feasts, social meetings and meetings regarding detention-related issues,” Colonel Jemmott said in an affidavit.

From New York Times Aug. 9, 2022

I start to see that the Internet is the way she travels; the way she socializes; the way she feels like part of things.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

Julia Rodgers, a family law attorney and the CEO of HelloPrenup, said that the book is “an indictment of how women are socialized around money and relationships.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

“I think having been socialized like so many other women, that we’re supposed to support men, I said: ‘Oh, it’s okay Cesar,’” she told the interviewer.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 18, 2026

I was socialized in the crucible of millennial progressivism.

From Slate Feb. 12, 2026

Men — and this is not an excuse — are often not socialized to step in on these terms.

From MarketWatch Dec. 29, 2025

Eric rarely socialized, e-mailed, or chatted, at least about non-techie topics.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

The findings suggest that everyday patterns, such as waking, eating, working, socializing, and going to bed at similar times, may support better overall well-being.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

Holliday spends her volunteer time socializing over coffee and the newspaper, helping residents run errands, leading fitness classes on Saturday mornings and organizing game nights.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

At various points while watching “Louis C.K.: Ridiculous,” my mind wandered back to the many times such kamikaze socializing missions were thrust upon me when I was a kid.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

Freeman describes Lilley as a friend, and an anonymous email sent to City Council in 2024 complained their socializing “could be perceived as exerting undue influence or favoritism.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

Half of those in that 6 percent, in turn, were socializing in the same six bars.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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