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as in to promote
to provide publicity for
the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie
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as in to speak up
to voice one's opinions freely with force
feel free to talk up if you have any objections
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Recent Examples of talk up
Although there was this notion that Quinnen Williams provided an instant fix, and Jones certainly talked up Williams and Kenny Clark, who came in the Micah Parsons trade, as big prizes, only Chicago among playoff teams gave up more rushing yards than the Cowboys (23rd).
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Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
The new map was a blatant partisan gerrymander, a departure from the time when the Democrats used to talk up the fairness of independent commissions.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, agents will be talking up their clients and spurious links made with all manner of players.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Hoover kept talking up the economy when there was little to suggest things were improving.
—ABC News, 21 Dec. 2025
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Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
The new map was a blatant partisan gerrymander, a departure from the time when the Democrats used to talk up the fairness of independent commissions.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, agents will be talking up their clients and spurious links made with all manner of players.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Hoover kept talking up the economy when there was little to suggest things were improving.
—ABC News, 21 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talk up
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LinkedIn data reveals that employees who combine hard and soft skills get promoted about 8% faster than those who focus only on technical abilities, and skills like communication, teamwork and problem solving are linked to promotions up to 11% faster.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The project was planned to clear the area of outdated and dilapidated buildings, to attract new businesses and promote economic revitalization.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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To vocalize the belief that the lawsuit was partisan politics instead of concerned citizens speaking up, is very disheartening.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
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One local artist and two community leaders spoke up for the trees Tuesday night, encouraging the commission to approve the plan.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2026
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The bill would also require businesses that sell delivery goods, such as grocery delivery providers or DoorDash, to list a comparison of the delivery price versus the regular price if the goods were to be bought in-person at the store.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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Greg Ketter has spent nearly five decades selling comic books and science fiction novels at DreamHaven Books and Comics in Minneapolis.—
Nick Lunemann,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Amber Heard makes an unexpected appearance in a timely new documentary premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, about accused men weaponizing defamation lawsuits to silence women speaking out about abuse.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2026
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There are, however, other that have taken his side and commended him for speaking out.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
24 Jan. 2026
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Mace's widow, Kayla Brady, and his mother, Debra McCreary, quietly cried.—
DAN MORSE THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
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Before therapy, Ciera Belnap’s daughter cried and hid under the bed when family members used a vacuum cleaner.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Jan. 2026
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The crowd, rapidly swelling into the hundreds, screamed insults and obscenities at the agents, some of whom shouted back mockingly.—
Jack Brook,
Twin Cities,
25 Jan. 2026
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While the officers secured the detainees in the van, Arturo Gonzalez, 23, shouted into a megaphone promising that this would not be the last time protestors take such actions.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 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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The peek behind the scenes, the opportunity to introduce terminology like swing, Captain Wagner’s moment to pipe up about the distinction between a soundtrack and a cast recording — who says TV isn’t educational?—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
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Except Homer is wearing a backwards baseball cap, yelling about Minecraft, and asking his audience to smash the like button.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Lavrenov is still pumping his fist and yelling to no one in particular after an inspired play because of what the sport means to him.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Talk up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talk%20up. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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