noun
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the hearth
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family life; the home
Etymology
Origin of fireside
Example Sentences
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So they created interview segments where she would sit down with guests and talk to them in a more personal way, these fireside chats.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Musk is scheduled to host a fireside chat with ASML’s chief executive, Christophe Fouquet, and discuss AI, robotics, space exploration and chip manufacturing.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
Benchmark’s Cody Acree also said he was more confident that investors were underestimating Intel’s earnings power following a fireside chat with the company.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
“Ads plus AI is sort of uniquely unsettling to me,” he said at a fireside chat at Harvard University two years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
One evening a few weeks after Salva had joined the group, he made his usual walk around the fireside, scanning every face in the hope of seeing a familiar one.
From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park
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