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old talk

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noun

  1. superficial chatting

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (intr) to indulge in such chatting

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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That revived old talk of a U.S. factory for Audi, which hadn’t followed its rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz in setting up a production base for SUVs in the American South.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Shortly after the announcement, Iran's Economy Minister Ali Madanizadeh called it "the same old talk" and said Iran was ready for "every scenario".

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

You might have seen these on old talk shows or even in The New York Times, but there is pleasure in old jokes, and freshness of material may matter less for his act.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2020

I was doing my old talk show back then and had my second son homebirthed two months before 9/11.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2018

The old talk of "literary bravoes," "men in masks," "anonymous assassins," and so forth, is out of date.

From Studies in Literature by John Morley

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