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They made small talk while waiting for the meeting to start.
at the corporate get-together we made the obligatory small talk with some people from the home office
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The idea of enjoying the holiday outside, instead of spending it indoors cooking and making small talk with distant relatives, sounded appealing.
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Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2024
Matching on an app and exchanging small talk indefinitely won’t push you across that threshold.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 14 Nov. 2024
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires (2017) Few manage the one-way small talk during tuning changes as effortlessly as Jason Isbell.
—Matthew Ismael Ruiz, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2024
Traditional networking heavily relies on small talk.
—Ludmila Praslova, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2024
Matching on an app and exchanging small talk indefinitely won’t push you across that threshold.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 14 Nov. 2024
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires (2017) Few manage the one-way small talk during tuning changes as effortlessly as Jason Isbell.
—Matthew Ismael Ruiz, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2024
Traditional networking heavily relies on small talk.
—Ludmila Praslova, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Small talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small%20talk. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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