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fireside chat

American  

noun

  1. an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.


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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

"It's a very small event for 300 women... it's going to be a fireside chat with Meghan and I."

From BBC Mar. 10, 2026

Newsom was scheduled to do a fireside chat with Fortune magazine, but apparently when he arrived at the church-turned-conference hall, he was politely told to beat it.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 21, 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

At this juncture Mr. Rayne bustled in and, somewhat surprised to find his little girl alone, he took the seat Honor had placed for Guy, and settled himself for a comfortable fireside chat.

From Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense by Vera, [pseud.]

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