as in to speak up
to voice one's opinions freely with force
it's a free country, so anyone can speak out
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Recent Examples of speak out
Like reggae and hip-hop, reggaeton lyrics often emphasize Black solidarity and speak out against racial oppression and police violence.
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Brendan Frizzell, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
Fans have been angry that the production fired actor Melissa Barrera for speaking out in favor of Palestine.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
And Sun Valley’s Hilary Knight — the captain of Team USA’s women’s hockey team — has been speaking out about it.
—Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
Parents in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, are speaking out after an abrupt school board decision was made to close a child care program in the district at the end of the school year.
—Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Brendan Frizzell, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
Fans have been angry that the production fired actor Melissa Barrera for speaking out in favor of Palestine.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
And Sun Valley’s Hilary Knight — the captain of Team USA’s women’s hockey team — has been speaking out about it.
—Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
Parents in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, are speaking out after an abrupt school board decision was made to close a child care program in the district at the end of the school year.
—Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speak out
Verb
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Teach your children how and when to speak up for themselves and to seek help when necessary.—
Jazmin Towe,
Parents,
22 Feb. 2026
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If something irritates you, the Aries moon encourages you to speak up.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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To the tradition-minded elderly, the contrasts shout from every corner.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Travis famously courted Swift in perhaps the most public way possible—by shouting her out on his podcast.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
27 Feb. 2026
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Morrow had begun to cry at the mention of her dead dog’s missing bowl.—
Julia Coin
February 27,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Feb. 2026
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Later, looking at the Post piece about their doomed engagement makes Kelly cry.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Select Board members are sounding off on the lack of information.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
18 Feb. 2026
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Times columnists sound off Shaikin suggested how the most iconic Dodger of all time — Pasadena’s Jackie Robinson — would have reacted.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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But talking up those benefits, like reminders of plastic’s role in medicine, is a way of focusing attention on its positive uses while ignoring the many wasteful ones.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Banijay was also talking up the potential to find formats on YouTube.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2026
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Simultaneously, a 2021 video surfaced of Porter yelling at a staffer.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Time for the boycott supporters to scream, yell, and shout.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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Teddy’s babyish voice pipes up from the back seat.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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So, say some small-time businessmen hire a truck through a dispatcher, the truck drives up to a field, and there, along the perimeter, a forklift crane pulls the pipe up from the sand.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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