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talking-to

[taw-king-too] / ˈtɔ kɪŋˌtu /
NOUN
admonishment
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


NOUN
admonition
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST






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And he’s mindful of the audience he’s talking to.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

"The challenge has always been that these systems have too much symmetry. All the atoms are talking to light in the same way," Clerk said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

"I was talking to a mum earlier who's now worried about her children leaving the house," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

I’m someone who’s pathologically chatty, and so talking to Greg, who is completely fine with there being pauses in conversation, and is just a confident grown-up, it was incredibly intimidating.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

He stood beside her stroking her ear and feeding her potatoes as if he’d been doing it all his life, talking to her all the while.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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