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socialize

[soh-shuh-lahyz] / ˈsoʊ ʃəˌlaɪz /


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They need to socialize a language of accountability that promotes rule of law, democracy, and due process while eschewing talk of retribution, retaliation, or political payback.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

Meta, which was formerly known as Facebook, has pushed this idea of the metaverse — digital spaces where people will work, socialize and play through virtual avatars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Having a beach key, she said, “doesn’t feel like a club, because you don’t go there to socialize with other people—but it feels like an incredible thing to have.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

Most kids probably liked to use their lunch period to, I don’t know, eat lunch and socialize and all that.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

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

It wasn’t quite a Bond movie, but the trial provided glimpses of the sometimes glamorous locations where the art world lives, socializes and does business.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024

Most people at the intersection are trying to get by, added Yarrow Blackbear, who lives nearby and socializes there.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2021

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

Earlier that day, in Room 526 at the 25hours Hotel Terminus Nord, a crowd of women socialized with their dogs, who played with Paris-Dog-Week-branded balls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

I have a truth for you: Men are socialized to assert themselves and unabashedly pursue what they desire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025

Multiple generations of Americans have been socialized to believe that a mecca of cheap, dirty pleasures awaits in the wastelands of southern Nevada.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

We are, as humans, heavily socialized to make a kind of rough approximation between cause and effect.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Yet he wasn’t a pedant and found time to indulge his passion for games, hoaxes and socializing with students.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

But as they—and the estimated 54.4 million children enrolled in K–12 schools in the United States—transition from open-ended summer days to structured school days, they’ll be spending less time outside or socializing freely with friends.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

So after reading what felt like the hundredth article declaring that my generation had abandoned alcohol, nightlife and socializing altogether, I started wondering whether I was missing something.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

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

We walk outside to the parking lot, where all the socializing is happening.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy


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