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An example use of talks in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… for your TED talks on long-term …”
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the word talks occurs in english on average 32.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.