TÊTE-À-TÊTES Synonyms: 40 Similar Words

tête-à-têtes

noun

plural of tête-à-tête

as in chats

friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this had a quick tête-à-tête with my neighbor before heading off to work

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Conclave director Edward Berger, Banijay Entertainment CEO Marco Bassetti, Canal+ Deputy CEO Anna Marsh and Jane Tranter, exec producer of Industry and Succession, will all feature in fireside chats at MIA 2026.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
Beyond the comparisons, the platform generates images, chats with uploaded PDFs and images for context-aware answers, and saves chat history for ongoing projects.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026

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