parley
noun
a discussion or conference.
Example Sentences
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Last February, after multiple military parleys, Indian and Chinese troops completed a pullout from a lake area in Ladakh.
From Reuters ● Mar. 25, 2022
Whereas posts on Twitter are called tweets, on Parler they are known as "parleys."
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2021
There are meals of carne asada and manioc soup; parleys over endless rounds of yerba maté; social scandals that erupt at horse races; deadly tropical fevers; and red dust, relentless sun, and clouds of mosquitoes.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 15, 2017
Middle Eastern Christians have no army of their own, no government that represents them in world capitals, no voice in international parleys that have a bearing on their fate.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2015
At the time, he was obliged to hold long parleys with conscience, which told him that he ought still to visit the sanctuary, and devote Sabbath hours to sacred duties.
From The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. by William M. (William Makepeace) Thayer
