1
as in to say
to express (a thought or emotion) in words
finally spoke her fears
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2
as in to talk
to give a formal often extended talk on a subject
the Mayanists have been invited to speak about their latest archaeological discoveries
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Recent Examples of speak
Leicester’s upper management never speak publicly, including owner Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, known as ‘Khun Top’, but the supporters feel explanations are in order.
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Rob Tanner, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Sheng was speaking alongside senior officials from the economic planner, central bank and human resources ministry.
—Evelyn Cheng,anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2025
Earlier this week, a source spoke to PEOPLE about their budding relationship and revealed that Hurley has been visiting Billy Ray in Tennessee somewhat regularly.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
This time, Mary looked famine-struck and spoke mostly in pained moans.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Rob Tanner, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Sheng was speaking alongside senior officials from the economic planner, central bank and human resources ministry.
—Evelyn Cheng,anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2025
Earlier this week, a source spoke to PEOPLE about their budding relationship and revealed that Hurley has been visiting Billy Ray in Tennessee somewhat regularly.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
This time, Mary looked famine-struck and spoke mostly in pained moans.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speak
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The constitutional provision prohibiting public funds from being used for sectarian purposes echoed language drafted by Native Americans, the historians and legal scholars said.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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The child remains in the care and custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement and was placed with a foster family, the agency said.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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At private dinners throughout Rome and at formal gatherings of hundreds of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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And the competition has become fierce: Never in human history have there been so many people talking to so many other people for public consumption, entertainment or education, on podcasts and panels and personal appearances.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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Earlier this week, there were people in a shelter telling us about this mother, and she’s still got some bread left, or she’s still got some flour left.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
2 May 2025
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Buzzi died Thursday of complications from Alzheimer’s at her home near Forth Worth, Texas, her longtime rep, Mike Eisenstadt, told The Hollywood Reporter.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
2 May 2025
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Conor Heffernan, who lectures on the history of sports and fitness at Ulster University, in Ireland, said the current vogue for biohacking, and its protein boosterism, reeks of snake oil.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Her quotidian life was lecturing at a college in Aberdeen, close to where she was born, and the travel and mountaineering a teacher’s schedule enables.—
Sadie Stein,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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But coarse language is usually uttered privately, behind closed doors.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Phrases and terms that, at one point, held significance to a handful of folks in small, local ecosystems, if uttered by the right standout artist, have the potential to enter the wider cultural lexicon.—
Lawrence Burney,
Pitchfork,
18 Apr. 2025
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Emotional Conversations Always End In Exhaustion, Not Resolution In marriages caught in the chaser-spacer dynamic, attempts to discuss feelings often devolve into emotional exhaustion rather than resolution.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Officials are also discussing waiving the tariff on aircraft leasing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2025
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Listen to this article 3 min Selma Blair shared a positive health update on her battle with multiple sclerosis.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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To help divorced couples have a healthy relationship with their ex's children, Severin shared some simple strategies to support relationships with kids.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Speak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speak. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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