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Recent Examples of happy talk
If the public conversation turns from spending cuts to tax cut happy talk, consumer sentiment could rebound.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
There was a moment Monday afternoon, during Madison Keys’ Australian Open fourth-round match against No. 6 seed Elena Rybakina, when her coach, Bjorn Fratangelo, realized that this wasn’t the time for happy talk.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
There was a moment on Monday afternoon, during Madison Keys’ Australian Open fourth-round match against No. 6 seed Elena Rybakina, when her coach, Bjorn Fratangelo, realized that this wasn’t the time for happy talk.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Despite the happy talk, Biden leaves office on a profoundly bittersweet note.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
There was a moment Monday afternoon, during Madison Keys’ Australian Open fourth-round match against No. 6 seed Elena Rybakina, when her coach, Bjorn Fratangelo, realized that this wasn’t the time for happy talk.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
There was a moment on Monday afternoon, during Madison Keys’ Australian Open fourth-round match against No. 6 seed Elena Rybakina, when her coach, Bjorn Fratangelo, realized that this wasn’t the time for happy talk.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Despite the happy talk, Biden leaves office on a profoundly bittersweet note.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for happy talk
Noun
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Crawford must have had other enemies, and so maybe one of them with massive financial resources approached Delia to kill him in exchange for ensuring that her family would be set for life.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
9 May 2025
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In exchange, the hospital and D’Amato licensed their patents of thalidomide analogs to Celgene.—
David Armstrong,
ProPublica,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Washington has held regular talks with both in recent days, including on Thursday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio held calls with Pakistan's prime minister and India's foreign minister while urging them to de-escalate and have direct dialogue.—
Kanishka Singh,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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The series is a delicate act of luring normies into a love of computer RPG mechanics one branching quest line and dialogue tree at a time, and Oblivion is the sweet spot between the much more strenuous Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and the perhaps too streamlined Skyrim.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
8 May 2025
Noun
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In the original post, unlike the current debate, the user set the scene and provided some constraints.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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But Republicans refused to play ball, with no GOP members joining the debate over Hegseth’s fitness to serve and no proposals from Democrats adopted by the committee.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Instead, Lola and her parents make small talk about dating.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
2 Apr. 2025
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For people without much practice in small talk, the challenge may feel daunting.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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Zookeepers welcomed a new yak and now the baby and mama are bonding, Alaska officials said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
25 Mar. 2025
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The rule’s intention was to not only preserve nature and reduce helicopter traffic in the region, but to bolster the fading cultural practice and industry of yak herding.—
Jake Stern,
Outside Online,
13 Mar. 2024
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“Happy talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happy%20talk. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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