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as in promoted
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 spoke out
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 talked up
While each talked up their AI strategy, analysts focused on the scale of the investments and how these plans will start translating to tangible returns.
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Alex Harring,yun Li, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
Pichai also talked up Gemini, the company’s large-language model, which has been integrated into search results on Google.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Behind the scenes on Sunday, Roach talked up the entire roster.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
On the podcast The Hill’s World of Travel, O’Leary talked up artificial intelligence, getting most of the names wrong in the process.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
The administration has talked up its policy on social media, issuing stark warnings about the speech of foreign nationals.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
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
Here are some of the products Berkley and company talked up on the livestream, deserving prime real estate on your bathroom counter and inside your makeup bag.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Each has talked up and acted upon the notion that universities’ illiberal and often hypocritical approaches to issues concerning free speech and antisemitism need to change.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Alex Harring,yun Li, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
Pichai also talked up Gemini, the company’s large-language model, which has been integrated into search results on Google.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Behind the scenes on Sunday, Roach talked up the entire roster.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
On the podcast The Hill’s World of Travel, O’Leary talked up artificial intelligence, getting most of the names wrong in the process.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
The administration has talked up its policy on social media, issuing stark warnings about the speech of foreign nationals.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
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
Here are some of the products Berkley and company talked up on the livestream, deserving prime real estate on your bathroom counter and inside your makeup bag.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Each has talked up and acted upon the notion that universities’ illiberal and often hypocritical approaches to issues concerning free speech and antisemitism need to change.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for talked up
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In April 2025, the firm promoted Swain as co-head of its equity capital solutions group.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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DeGrezia succeeds Matt Brown, who was promoted in August to senior vice president, regional director of Saks Global stores in the South.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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Aldean was among the artists who spoke out in the days after Kirk’s passing.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
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He was also charged with recording any words churchgoers spoke out of turn, when they were supposed to be attending to the service.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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Gabbiadini scored five times in 15 league games, but was sold that same season to Derby County at a loss.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Laster allegedly sold this information to two betters for about $100,000.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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El-Amin spoke up on civil rights and social issues in an effort to fight for justice.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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And yet if a player spoke up about it—or made a joke on social media—they’d be slapped with a fine from the league.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Little Rock Police Department is investigating a shooting Sunday morning that left one person dead and another injured, the agency announced in a social media post.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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Close to a million voters cast their ballots before the Democrats announced their plan, while the redistricting session took delegates off the trail during the final full week of campaigning.—
Jahd Khalil,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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Those who predicted a doomed future for all of humanity called us addicts and criminals, leeches and slime (and way worse things) because we were detested, shouted at, dragged by our arms across bedrooms and public sporting events.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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In April, the couple navigated another mid-episode interruption — this time from an audience member who shouted out during an interview with actor Christopher Meloni.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Parents waved from the curb, cried in the parking lot, and maybe sent a care package two weeks later.—
Russell Shaw,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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Sky Roberts, the brother of the late Jeffrey Epstein accuser, cried when reflecting on how his sister would have reacted to the removal of the former prince's title and honors.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
31 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
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“Talked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talked%20up. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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