as in spoke 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 spoke out
Following the latest loss, Garrett spoke out with clear frustration about the team's losing ways.
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Unusually, around 10 US bishops even spoke out publicly against the award.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
One of her first customers spoke out and shared a story of how back in the early days of Mid-Day Squares their mom would place a Polaroid picture of the founders with a little handwritten note of what the business and founders were up to.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
At trial, Carroll testified about receiving hundreds of death threats after Trump spoke out against her.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Amid a series of alarming tweets in 2020, Kardashian spoke out about West's health, asking for compassion.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, lawmakers across party aisles spoke out against the initiative.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Unusually, around 10 US bishops even spoke out publicly against the award.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
One of her first customers spoke out and shared a story of how back in the early days of Mid-Day Squares their mom would place a Polaroid picture of the founders with a little handwritten note of what the business and founders were up to.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
At trial, Carroll testified about receiving hundreds of death threats after Trump spoke out against her.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Amid a series of alarming tweets in 2020, Kardashian spoke out about West's health, asking for compassion.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, lawmakers across party aisles spoke out against the initiative.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoke out
Verb
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Henrikson spoke up at several board meetings and gave interviews to multiple news outlets as the story about Rupert gained regional and national attention.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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This is not the first time Tatum spoke up about Hollywood’s troubles.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
5 Oct. 2025
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Perry shouted into her microphone.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Johnson shouted as the players echoed his words, urging him to repeat them.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Execs talked up both at an event in New York Thursday where CEO Chris Winfrey hosted Jimmy Pitaro, chairman of ESPN and Kristin Dolan, CEO of AMC Networks for a chat on the video landscape.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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In the internal memo this week, Huang said Nvidia would continue to sponsor H-1B visa employees and talked up his support for immigrant workers.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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While naysayers may argue Dalio is the boy who cried wolf, his caution has paid off in the past.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Devastated by the experience, Jules cried and found comfort in Winston Ndugu (Anthony Hill) before running off.—
Stephanie Wenger,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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The former assistant claimed that in January, Smith yelled at him after Gables answered a phone call from his own daughter.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
13 Oct. 2025
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One Auburn fan leaned over the railing, waved his middle finger and yelled.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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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
Verb
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In chatty columns for the school paper, the Bowdoin Orient, Mamdani regularly sounded off on the topics of the day.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Earlier in the year, Kennedy’s nephew Jack Schlossberg sounded off on social media that the family had not been consulted about the project.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
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Unfortunately, had a PI called on the third-down.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Oct. 2025
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Redshirt junior right guard Roger Carreon was called for one false start penalty on Saturday, while redshirt junior right tackle Daylon Metoyer was flagged for two.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Spoke out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoke%20out. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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