as in sounded off
to voice one's opinions freely with force
don't worry, he'll pipe up if he feels he's being overlooked
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Recent Examples of piped up
When the crowd got a chance to ask questions, a rancher piped up.
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Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2025
Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz piped up in defense of Kimmel’s right to free speech without governmental interference.
—Sarah Stankorb, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2025
Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz piped up in defense of Kimmel’s right to free speech without governmental interference.
—Sarah Stankorb, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piped up
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Mayor Mamdani on Friday sounded off against ICE and issued an executive order aimed at putting an exclamation on point on the city’s existing sanctuary policies.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2026
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And months after its debut in October, Blue Bloods star Tom Selleck sounded off about the potential of him returning to his role of Frank Reagan.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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Ahead of the screening, Braff addressed fans in attendance and shouted out everyone involved in bringing the revival to life.—
Angeline Jane Bernabe,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Related Stories The slur was shouted by John Davidson, who is diagnosed with Tourette syndrome.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Not long after, the boy who had participated in teasing his classmates spoke up and asked for accountability, Shenker said.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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What followed was not chaos, but something more deliberate—a narrowing of what could be said publicly, to punish those who spoke up, and to quietly erase stories that needed to be told.—
Adrianne Wright,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Two years ago, Samuel Stockton sat in the underbelly of Ball Arena and cried after a state championship slipped through his fingertips.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
22 Feb. 2026
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Before being sentenced to 38 years in prison for the murder of his third wife, former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson cried, raged and whispered during a 40-minute speech.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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North College Hill Council Member Kathy Cureton spoke out about the incident.—
Allie Hennard,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
20 Feb. 2026
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The show's tribute comes on the same day that Dempsey spoke out about the loss of his longtime costar.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Feb. 2026
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The next day, standing below the balcony of the Lorraine Motel where the team was staying in Memphis, King yelled down at Jackson in joviality, as if to mitigate the outburst, inviting him to dinner.—
Johanna Neuman,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Maintain a standard Jalen yelled at me a few times for not getting my eyes on coach Jay Wright.—
Jayson Jenks,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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India’s lure Despite all of these moments, the event pulled in a who’s who of tech names from Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to Altman, all of whom talked up India’s advantages from a huge talent pool to a large consumer market.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2026
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But in the opening minutes of his first stop at a local restaurant, the president raised debunked claims of voter fraud, talked up his plan to require voters to show identification before casting ballots, and discussed the recent FBI raid of election offices in the state’s most populous county.—
Jeff Amy,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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After receiving the bribe into the trust account, Okoronkwo routed funds to a company called IPO Capital LLC from February 2016 to 2018.—
Ryanne Mena,
Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Governor Gavin Newsom echoed Bonta’s sentiment and called the city’s lawsuit a waste of taxpayer resources.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
24 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Piped up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piped%20up. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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