BLURTING Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

blurting

verb

present participle of blurt

as in discussing

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Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst assess the threat level for the teams in the AFC East, discussing how much Geno Smith elevates the Jets and how the Patriots' schedule affects their ceiling.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026
The first episode features Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Pablo Torre, discussing the continuing fallout from the Clippers’ salary cap circumvention scandal in the NBA.

— J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of discussing

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Local love for Panzú Brewery Mint Hill residents wasted no time voicing their sadness and disappointment over the brewery’s upcoming closure.

— Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026
Key and Peele — who rose to fame together through their sketch comedy show, which ran from 2012 to 2015 — last worked together on the 2022 Wendell & Wild; the stars costarred in the stop-motion animation movie, voicing a pair of demon brothers.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

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The hero, or antihero, of the story is Ichabod Crane, a rather ridiculous-looking schoolmaster who has set his cap for Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful, coquettish daughter of a wealthy Dutch farmer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Relativity Space is already looking beyond rockets before ever putting anything into orbit.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

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But the Bulls expressed definite interest in Kuminga, according to a league source speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss front-office strategy.

— Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Meteorologically speaking, there are precisely 2,157 hours, or about 89 days, in an autumn in Chicago.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of speaking

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Under the new system, one voice from a non-selector will introduce each candidate by simply announcing his name and sharing his resume.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Her sister Erin created a GoFundMe page announcing that she was hospitalized with severe pneumonia and a bacterial infection in her blood.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of announcing

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There’s no shortage of people proclaiming that AI is the future.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
And it's been plenty victorious as a top pizza choice in town, as evidenced by a 2025 Food Network roundup proclaiming that The Post serves the best slice of pizza in Kentucky.

— Bob Vitale, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of proclaiming

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The other was a tearing beauty, a creature so lovely that one look at her sent young men’s blood pressure skyward and set them to uttering wild, hoarse cries and tearing telephone directories apart with the bare hands.

— John Madson, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
All season, Shamea and Porsha have circled each other, barely uttering a direct word, but the tensions seep to the rest of the group, trickling into every interaction.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 June 2026

Definition of uttering

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