blurting

verb

present participle of blurt
as in discussing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blurting
  1. discussing
  2. voicing
  3. sharing
  4. looking
  5. speaking
  6. announcing
  7. proclaiming
  8. uttering
Verb
  • Hughes says that miscarriage concerns are common for pregnant women and that doctors are constantly discussing risks and benefits with their patients.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This is strong energy for pitching a class, planning travel, discussing a cause, or gathering people around something meaningful.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of discussing
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  • Some Inglewood business owners are voicing their opinions as a city plan to tear down their shopping center to build a transit connector nears.
    — Lauren Pozen, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Wild Inside presents interviews with owl researchers that highlight the birds’ intelligence and heightened senses, voicing their questions about what sufficient captive care would even look like.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of voicing
Verb
  • Other than sharing the same tectonic plate, however, the tremors don’t have much in common, according to a geology expert.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Howery will also lead a master class, sharing insights from his journey through stand-up, television and film.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of sharing
Verb
  • Enzo Fernandez is looking more likely to stay at this stage after months of transfer speculation, and Chelsea are a stronger team with him in the line-up.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Lancôme’s Teint Idôle Ultra Wear All Over Concealer offers buildable, natural-looking coverage that can camouflage melasma, sunspots, and other hyperpigmentation without masking your skin entirely.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of looking
Verb
  • Their speaking engagements and social media campaigns have sustained public attention even as international media coverage has faded.
    — Rina Amiri, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
  • That was evident in speaking with Indian exhibitors across the trade show.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of speaking
Verb
  • After Bobby Valli, the Four Season singer’s brother, recently posted a Facebook message announcing the ailing Frankie’s retirement, the 92-year-old pop icon slapped back.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Prince William and Kate Middleton were together for nine years before announcing their engagement on November 16, 2010.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of announcing
Verb
  • Her son Spencer, 5, could be heard proclaiming his hunger in the back of the video and is seen grabbing a few slices of Parmesan cheese prepped for the salad.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
  • Carlson, who had just released a documentary called The End of Men, devoted hours of airtime to proclaiming Tate’s innocence; so did the right-wing podcaster Candace Owens.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Definition of proclaiming
Verb
  • 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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