Definitions
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- n. Alternative spelling of tête-à-tête.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Since Sarney's last tete-a-tete with the Americans, tensions had mounted in the Essequibo region, with Guyana accusing Venezuela of militarily invading its territory to stave off gold mining operations.
Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: Washington and Brasilia Monitoring Chávez in the Caribbean
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Unlike the Bush era, when meetings such as the Brownfield-Izarra tete-a-tete ended in failure, the political climate seemed much improved during the first months of the incoming Obama administration.
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By doing so, he would initiate an entomological tete-a-tete between the wasps and the emerald ash borer, a green-winged, torpedo-shaped beetle that looks at the gleaming shaft of wood in Alex Rodriguez's hands and sees a scrumptious meal for its children.
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Now they must decide if there will be another tete-a-tete and just what that might signal.
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But could a tete-a-tete with a witty writer, known for punching up scripts, loosen her up?
Nora Ephron tries to draw out Nancy Pelosi at Fortune's "Most Powerful Women Summit"
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That time at least, Tuck was referring to Burress, before the tete-a-tete with Coughlin.
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To address the conundrum, a Tuesday tete-a-tete between Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy was supposed to move things further along, beyond what's looked like, so far, as a "rob Peter to pay Paul" approach.
Lydia Fisher: From "Too Big to Fail" Banks to "Too Big to Default" Nations to What's Next?
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The tete-a-tete, yielded talk about procuring a Euro Chief and more collaboration on fiscal discipline.
Lydia Fisher: From "Too Big to Fail" Banks to "Too Big to Default" Nations to What's Next?
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How 'bout you, I say, hoping to get this tete-a-tete done and move on to a more profitable one.
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My guess is he drives away from his melodramatic tete-a-tete with a sore head and ribs.
The Volokh Conspiracy » When a Police Officer Pulls Over a Law Student
dontcry commented on the word tete-a-tete
I love the e with the party hat. It's such a fun letter!
October 28, 2008
thevirils commented on the word tete-a-tete
'ê': 'un tête à tête', i know, i know we're so boring with our 'accent'!
October 28, 2008
bilby commented on the word tete-a-tete
No eavesdropping!
September 4, 2008