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as in says
to express (a thought or emotion) in words
finally spoke her fears
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as in talks
to give a formal often extended talk on a subject
the Mayanists have been invited to speak about their latest archaeological discoveries
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Recent Examples of speaks
The role required fluency in at least three languages—and Blunt, by her own admission, just about speaks Spanish.
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Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR's Ukraine Correspondent Joanna Kakissis about the overnight attack in Kyiv, which comes on the heels of Ukraine's drone assaults in Moscow.
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NPR,
2 July 2026
Democratic congressional candidate Melat Kiros speaks to supporters at an election-night watch party after winning the Colorado primary on June 30, 2026 in Denver.
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Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
2 July 2026
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul speaks during a press conference in Chicago, Illinois, on August 25, 2025.
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Michelle Mbekeani,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Kristen Stewart speaks onstage during the closing ceremony of the 4th Nouvelles Vagues International Biarritz Film Festival in Biarritz, France, on June 27.
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Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
His wife is from Mexico and their son learned the native tongue, T'aiki, in preschool; the family speaks Spanish and English at home.
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Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
Gerald speaks in a forceful cadence, like a start-up founder reciting a LinkedIn post.
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Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
OpenAI Ceo Sam Altman speaks to journalists after meeting with US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2026.
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Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR's Ukraine Correspondent Joanna Kakissis about the overnight attack in Kyiv, which comes on the heels of Ukraine's drone assaults in Moscow.
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NPR,
2 July 2026
Democratic congressional candidate Melat Kiros speaks to supporters at an election-night watch party after winning the Colorado primary on June 30, 2026 in Denver.
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Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
2 July 2026
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul speaks during a press conference in Chicago, Illinois, on August 25, 2025.
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Michelle Mbekeani,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Kristen Stewart speaks onstage during the closing ceremony of the 4th Nouvelles Vagues International Biarritz Film Festival in Biarritz, France, on June 27.
—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
His wife is from Mexico and their son learned the native tongue, T'aiki, in preschool; the family speaks Spanish and English at home.
—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
Gerald speaks in a forceful cadence, like a start-up founder reciting a LinkedIn post.
—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
OpenAI Ceo Sam Altman speaks to journalists after meeting with US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2026.
—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speaks
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The Canadian report says only 28 human cases have been reported in Canada since 1924, while the CDC reports fewer than 10 people die from rabies each year in the United States.
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The two-story space features professional recording studios, podcast and video suites, co-working lounges and meeting spaces, which are slated to open by early next year once permits are approved, Ihm says.
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Instead, the guy talks to dead barkeeps and wields an ax more than his typewriter.
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Albert Saijo, second semester editor of Echoes, Heart Mountain high school publication, talks things over with Hisako Takehara and Alice Tanouye, first semester co-editors.
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As the film tells it, her poses — sometimes casual, sometimes intense, always impressive — caught the eye of fellow climber Ivan Beerkus, and the two soon began collaborating.
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David Martin, who leads the global people and organization practice at BCG, tells Fortune that too many companies are focused on one-hour training sessions, half-day bootcamps, and other classic learning and development programs.
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Today’s successful downtowns rely on a mix of ingredients, said Steven Falk, the former city manager of Lafayette, who’s served as an interim city executive in Oakland and Richmond and who lectures at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy.
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Bad teams are given mechanisms to recover, not lectures about bootstraps.
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Halfway through, Mando is captured by Clone Wars’ bounty hunter Embo, who was voiced by Filoni on the show but never utters so much as a single line of dialogue here.
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Yet Cornelius Krull, the patriarch, speaks only a German dialect and never utters more than two words.
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This article discusses how Parent PLUS loans can become a retirement debt trap, how families should evaluate borrowing and what older borrowers can do before repayment problems become harder to fix.
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Emma D'Arcy discusses Rhaenyra's bold move on House of the Dragon season 3's second episode.
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Collecting is often a function of loss, an attempt to save something that might otherwise disappear, as the volume’s final essay poignantly articulates.
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Phil Baxter, working minimally with fruit from the renowned Ferrington Vineyard, articulates the skill in his work as knowing what not to do.
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“Speaks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speaks. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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