Thesaurus results for SMALL TALK

small talk

noun

as in chat

friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this at the corporate get-together we made the obligatory small talk with some people from the home office

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Recent Examples of small talk Officers who were staging for the undercover operation reported that Schoonover engaged in small talk with them with before entering a room at the hotel. —

Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024 Sometimes the cars stacked up as people made small talk with her at the drive-through window. —

John Branch, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024 Rather than making small talk, ask things that matter. —

Jodie Cook, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 But in the end, most riders’ favorite thing about Waymo wasn’t efficiency, or price, or safety, but not having to be in a car with another human—never underestimate how few people enjoy small talk with drivers, even if the trade-off for quiet is a slightly glitchy ride. —

Michelle Weber, Longreads, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for small talk

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Devin allows seamless switching between tasks without disrupting workflow by displaying all essential tools (like chat, code and terminal) on one screen.

Balaji Dhamodharan, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
This allows for organic relationships between characters to form, and through the use of in-game proximity voice chat, which allows players to hear each other by getting physically close in virtual space, viewers become familiar with characters through the sound of their voice.

Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2025