as in speaking up
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as in spouting (off)
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 speaking out
Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Now, the bride is speaking out about the viral moment.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
By then, Black community leaders were speaking out about the raid.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Number one, Jordan speaking out publicly brings the wrong kind of attention to the university at this time.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Javier Bardem is speaking out in support of Film Workers for Palestine.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 18 Oct. 2025
Susan Hoffmann, who was Zettel's best friend, has been among the most vocal at speaking out on Lauren's history.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
But right now, their social media inboxes overflow as much with gratitude from strangers for speaking out as calls for help from concerned parents and athletes at various levels.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
The issue was addressed last year in a historic Billboard Español cover story with multiple Venezuelan artists speaking out from exile for democracy in their country.
—Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
Leaders such as Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington DC and Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago have been speaking out strongly on migration, but the forthcoming elections and the pope’s appointments to the US church hierarchy will be crucial.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Now, the bride is speaking out about the viral moment.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
By then, Black community leaders were speaking out about the raid.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Number one, Jordan speaking out publicly brings the wrong kind of attention to the university at this time.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Javier Bardem is speaking out in support of Film Workers for Palestine.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 18 Oct. 2025
Susan Hoffmann, who was Zettel's best friend, has been among the most vocal at speaking out on Lauren's history.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
But right now, their social media inboxes overflow as much with gratitude from strangers for speaking out as calls for help from concerned parents and athletes at various levels.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
The issue was addressed last year in a historic Billboard Español cover story with multiple Venezuelan artists speaking out from exile for democracy in their country.
—Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speaking out
Verb
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Residents, civic leaders and advocacy groups can shape how this technology develops by speaking up about clear rules, fair data use and transparency.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Now, the woman is questioning whether speaking up was the right move.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Mamdani, whose past included vocal activism on behalf of Palestinian issues that included comments many New York Jews found offensive, will be New York’s first Muslim mayor.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The incoming Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, had been a vocal supporter of the bureau.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The uncertainty has been hard, even with suppliers being communicative and transparent.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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That started in huddles, with a demonstrably more communicative Jokic.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The move seemed to surprise Fallon, who naturally tried to quell her tears by shouting at her.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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As the speeches began, chaos consumed the day as air horns were blasted, pages from pornographic magazines thrown down from the balconies and white mice released on to the floor, before the ‘nun’ started dancing up and down the aisles shouting comic profanity.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Wilentz, author of the 2010 book Dylan in America, wrote Volume 18‘s detailed, often fascinating 125-page liner notes that provides historical context for the expansive eight-CD set.—
Glenn Peoples,
Billboard,
7 Nov. 2025
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The lines between life and art, truth and fiction, get mighty blurry in Trier’s emotionally expansive, extremely wry film, though the family drama itself is just a spine on which to hang any number of other fixations and preoccupations.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Magnificent Seven members Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta Platforms all beat Wall Street's expectations yesterday, exceeding estimates for earnings per share and revenue while talking up expansion plans.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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The tech giant personnel leading the discussions took an upbeat tone, repeatedly talking up an opt-in regime that would protect the agency’s clients against the misuse of their intellectual property and likenesses.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There were clearly plenty of struggles, leading to the Buccaneers' signal caller sounding off on the issues.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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For the writers pictured here, engaging with culture isn’t a hobby or a sideline or a way of sounding off.—
Richard Renaldi,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The man sat in the driver's seat, while the woman sat in the passenger seat, their crying child in the man’s arms.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 Nov. 2025
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At one point during the hearing, Richards pleaded for a tissue and began crying while recalling a particularly abusive event in May.—
Tracy Wright , Christina Dugan Ramirez , Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Speaking out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speaking%20out. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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