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as in promoting
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 speaking 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 talking up
Sexton, Lee says, elevates the whole environment and Sexton and Ball are really building a rapport and talking up a storm together a lot after practice.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2025
Spanish sales agents flip that the other way round for France, talking up more broader audience plays, quite a few these days genre pics, genre’s consolidation as a theatrical proposition, bound for Sitges.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
That will be a disappointment for the company's executives who have spent the past decade talking up the growth opportunities in China.
—Ka Sing Chan, Reuters, 16 Sep. 2025
Several years back, Barrow began talking up the script on the website that was then named Twitter.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025
For the past decade, investors have been talking up Europe's potential to build valuable tech firms, rebuffing the idea that Silicon Valley is the only place to create innovative new ventures.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
The two discussed the viability of the linear networks in a streaming world, talking up the value of its brands, which include CNN, Discovery Channel, TNT and HGTV.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
In a video uploaded to the TikTok account of its German subsidiary, a young brunette woman can be seen talking up the company’s connectivity speeds and a 120-euro cashback promotion.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Danielson did his best coach-speak talking up the opponent this week, but when the Big Sky celebrates multiple FCS playoff teams again this season, the Eagles likely won’t be among them.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2025
Spanish sales agents flip that the other way round for France, talking up more broader audience plays, quite a few these days genre pics, genre’s consolidation as a theatrical proposition, bound for Sitges.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
That will be a disappointment for the company's executives who have spent the past decade talking up the growth opportunities in China.
—Ka Sing Chan, Reuters, 16 Sep. 2025
Several years back, Barrow began talking up the script on the website that was then named Twitter.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025
For the past decade, investors have been talking up Europe's potential to build valuable tech firms, rebuffing the idea that Silicon Valley is the only place to create innovative new ventures.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
The two discussed the viability of the linear networks in a streaming world, talking up the value of its brands, which include CNN, Discovery Channel, TNT and HGTV.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
In a video uploaded to the TikTok account of its German subsidiary, a young brunette woman can be seen talking up the company’s connectivity speeds and a 120-euro cashback promotion.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Danielson did his best coach-speak talking up the opponent this week, but when the Big Sky celebrates multiple FCS playoff teams again this season, the Eagles likely won’t be among them.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for talking up
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Its intended purpose is to help develop the nation's communications infrastructure and protect consumers’ equal access by promoting competition among communication companies.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Sep. 2025
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What happens if social media’s data-gathering and profiling engine is turned not to selling merch or promoting political rhetoric, but to profiling enemies?—
David Karpf,
The Atlantic,
24 Sep. 2025
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Selena Gomez, Olivia Rodrigo and hundreds of other artists are speaking up after Jimmy Kimmel Live!—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
22 Sep. 2025
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As free speech becomes a hot-button issue in the wake of Charlie Kirk‘s assassination, one of his colleagues and close friends is speaking up for his interests.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
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Reports have emerged of individuals quitting their jobs, selling possessions, and even pulling children out of school in preparation for the event.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Clubs with clever accountants getting around those rules by selling stuff to themselves.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Medical experts are speaking out after the president's speech, trying to slow the snowball of misinformation.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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This is not Affleck's first time speaking out on the issue.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Better to spend your time shouting out the writing that makes your heart sing.—
Maris Kreizman
September 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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Posts by the group to social media appear to show TSU students shouting at its members, filming them and following along as campus police escorted them off campus.—
Rachel Wegner,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Sep. 2025
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That mood that was most certainly shared by the audience members experiencing a wide array of emotions (from dancing to crying) thanks to the combination of excitement and nostalgia.—
Josh Chesler,
AZCentral.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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In front of reporters, the agent grabbed the crying woman by the arms before shoving her to the wall and then downward.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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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
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Smollett, who is gay and Black, claimed that two men had attacked him while yelling racist and homophobic slurs outside of his apartment building in Chicago.—
Stephanie Wenger,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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Cutting off other vehicles and honking out of anger is up from 2016, while tailgating and yelling at other drivers is down, according to AAA.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Talking up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talking%20up. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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