as in to discuss
to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion
your father and I will have to talk it over before agreeing to let you go on the class trip
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Recent Examples of talk over
Media reports suggest Rubio skipped the talks over Ukraine's refusal to consider the U.S. proposal on Crimea.
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Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
As the situation escalated, Simpson says the manager began yelling and talking over them — leading to a second manager being called in.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
On Saturday, April 12, American and Iranian officials will restart talks over curbing Tehran’s nuclear program.
—Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2025
The exchange quickly grew heated as Ossoff and Ratcliffe talked over each other.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 25 Mar. 2025
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Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
As the situation escalated, Simpson says the manager began yelling and talking over them — leading to a second manager being called in.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
On Saturday, April 12, American and Iranian officials will restart talks over curbing Tehran’s nuclear program.
—Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2025
The exchange quickly grew heated as Ossoff and Ratcliffe talked over each other.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talk over
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Emotional Conversations Always End In Exhaustion, Not Resolution In marriages caught in the chaser-spacer dynamic, attempts to discuss feelings often devolve into emotional exhaustion rather than resolution.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Warren Buffett's life in pictures 1 of 43 Buffett discusses Berkshire’s cash pile Buffett addressed Berkshire sitting on hoards of cash.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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The House Ways and Means Committee debated House Republicans' broad tax plan.—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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Social Media Reacts Posters on the Reddit forum r/TSA debated whether people should have been prepared for the change.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Ramaphosa and other defenders of the Expropriation Act have argued that the policies are needed to reverse the nation’s apartheid-era legacy of disparities in land ownership.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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Opponents argue the laws sanction discrimination and the exclusion of a vulnerable minority group and that rhetoric produced in these debates can stigmatize the transgender community.—
Sam Gringlas,
NPR,
10 May 2025
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