schmoozed

verb

variants or shmoozed
past tense of schmooze
as in chatted
to engage in casual or rambling conversation spent every spare minute of the conference schmoozing with the industry's power players

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Recent Examples of schmoozed The British pop-rock band schmoozed with the country superstar on the red carpet that day. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2026 Nominees across all 24 categories mingled and schmoozed before taking part in the traditional class photo. — Deputy Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026 As a former International Monetary Fund researcher and head of the IMF’s China Division, Prasad schmoozed with the elect at the World Economic Forum and cruised around the world’s capitals in limousines. — Jamie Merchant, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schmoozed
  1. chatted
  2. talked
  3. conversed
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  • Billboard chatted with October’s Hip-Hop Up & Comer, Noodah 05, about the origins of his name, why old-school R&B always has him in a chokehold, his desire to emulate André 3000, and his aspirations to become the new-age Thanos of rap.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Authorities say Green has chatted with hundreds of young girls online.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of chatted
Verb
  • Ars previously talked with one US robotics distributor that has pivoted from importing China’s humanoid robots to opening a US manufacturing facility for robots.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • In May of that year, Walzer and I sat in their kitchen and talked amid boxes waiting to be unpacked and paintings waiting to be hung.
    — Jordi Graupera, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of talked
Verb
  • Essential California checked out the trials, tested airport counters, walked through the terminal’s new gates and conversed with excited passengers looking forward to their next flight out of Burbank.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Hemingway commended Salinger, then a twenty-five-year-old staff sergeant, on his short stories, and the two conversed for hours.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of conversed

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“Schmoozed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schmoozed. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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