blurts

verb

present tense third-person singular of blurt
as in proclaims

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blurts
  1. proclaims
  2. announces
  3. discusses
  4. looks
  5. declares
  6. speaks
  7. utters
  8. voices
Verb
  • Standing before her guards, the increasingly dictatorial ruler proclaims herself as the Chosen One to the people of King's Landing.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Across 45 recipes — each its own kind of breadcrumb-naming treatise — the duo proclaims how versatile the kitchen staple both is and can be.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 8 June 2026
Definition of proclaims
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  • After the match, Mick Foley comes to the ring and announces that Statlander will compete in a four-way match for the TBS Championship next week against champion Maya World, Hikaru Shida and Persephone.
    — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • There’s character aplenty, particularly in a main stand that announces proudly in its brickwork frontage just who are the home team here.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of announces
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  • Orioles Hall of Famer Mike Bordick and sportscaster Jerry Coleman are joined by former Orioles coach Wayne Kirby, who discusses his time in Baltimore and the current ballclub.
    — Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Below, during a conversation with THR, Mundy also discusses how his previous series with Chandler, Bloodline, factored into Lanterns.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of discusses
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  • This week as a special treat, HBO release the first five minutes of the premiere episode that looks fantastic and reveals a much younger Hal Jordan being interviewed in 1996 and John Stewart's abusive family backstory involving a gun and an apple!
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • For Marni's summer collections, Consuelo brought her idiosyncratic sensibility to looks that mixed ethnic and vintage elements with intriguing cutting.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of looks
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  • Trump declares his 'number one goal' in negotiations with Iran as ceasefire set to expire.
    — , FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • What, one wonders, is the appropriate response to someone who bursts into the room waving $197 million of other people’s money and declares job one is making sure your flying car has a place to land?
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of declares
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  • Where the rest of the writing team really came in, during the uncharacteristically 30-minute long segment, was working on a last minute bit in the back half where Kimmel speaks to an FCC commissioner played by Oscar winner Robert De Niro.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Visitors are invited to stop, look and choose the one that speaks most directly to them.
    — Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of speaks
Verb
  • At the film’s end, Abbie Cornish as Fanny hears secondhand about Keats’s death and utters a cry that is almost too much to bear — a cry that feels too real.
    — Sarah Chihaya, Vulture, 16 July 2026
  • Yet Cornelius Krull, the patriarch, speaks only a German dialect and never utters more than two words.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 May 2026
Definition of utters
Verb
  • Josh Gad, who voices the snowman Olaf, is returning as well, and started recording his dialogue for the film in February.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Tom Krasovic voices his opinion (here) that the moves made the Padres a playoff team.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of voices
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