speak up
verb
spoke up; spoken up; speaking up; speaks up
1
: to speak loudly and distinctly
2
: to express an opinion freely
… speak up for truth and justice …—
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Someone must speak up for the Mummy and give him a story of his own.
—John Darnielle, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2025
Other Republican senators have spoken up, too.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Anyone who disagrees is intimidated, often too afraid — of confrontation, of rejection, of stigma, of being a minority in the face of an ideology that not only hates difference and diversity but tries to violently destroy its opposition — to speak up at all.
—Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
Partway through the meeting, Pereira speaks up.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 29 Nov. 2025
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John Darnielle, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2025
Other Republican senators have spoken up, too.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Anyone who disagrees is intimidated, often too afraid — of confrontation, of rejection, of stigma, of being a minority in the face of an ideology that not only hates difference and diversity but tries to violently destroy its opposition — to speak up at all.
—Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
Partway through the meeting, Pereira speaks up.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Speak up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speak%20up. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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