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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
The tech giant personnel leading the discussions took an upbeat tone, repeatedly talking up an opt-in regime that would protect the agency’s clients against the misuse of their intellectual property and likenesses.
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
Netflix began talking up its emerging interest in the podcasting space earlier this year.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2025
This isn’t quite like other rivalries, such as the Iron Bowl or Georgia-Georgia Tech, where coaches motivate their players by talking up their hatred of the other team.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
Netflix began talking up its emerging interest in the podcasting space earlier this year.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2025
This isn’t quite like other rivalries, such as the Iron Bowl or Georgia-Georgia Tech, where coaches motivate their players by talking up their hatred of the other team.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for talking up
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To their credit, Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) continues to play an important role in promoting transparency and accountability in the garment sector, and its inclusion of freedom of association indicators in factory assessments contributes valuable data for policy dialogue.—
Sourcing Journal,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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Duran had published articles on Tan and his wealthy colleagues, like Balaji Srinivasan, a tech investor who was promoting an esoteric but stubbornly influential concept called the Network State.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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That’s why doctors stress the importance of staying on top of screenings and speaking up if something seems off.—
Korin Miller,
Flow Space,
7 Oct. 2025
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Bunnie's no stranger to speaking up and out, especially for her husband.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The book is on track to be one of the best-selling memoirs of this year.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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The film is adapted from the popular YA novel of the same name by New York Times best-selling author Courtney Summers.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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Javier Bardem is speaking out in support of Film Workers for Palestine.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
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Susan Hoffmann, who was Zettel's best friend, has been among the most vocal at speaking out on Lauren's history.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Kids are shouting it in classrooms when a teacher turns to page 67, when lunchtime is 6 to 7 minutes away or for no reason at all.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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But in the form of its Peterborough boot, Church’s has managed to make a boot that merely nods to its equestrian heritage rather than shouting it.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
17 Oct. 2025
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In a clip shared exclusively with PEOPLE, Van Dyke recalled crying when the Sherman Brothers first played the now-iconic songs for him.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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At one point during the hearing, Richards pleaded for a tissue and began crying while recalling a particularly abusive event in May.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez , Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 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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Parker’s series starts out with too much bellowing and yelling along with hazing and bullying but loosens up and broadens out to peer into the lives of other recruits who are wrestling with demons and sometimes each other.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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What Surin didn’t know was that the night of her concert, several clips of her yelling at the fan that grabbed Eilish slowly went viral online, garnering posts from Finneas and Reneé Rapp.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Talking up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talking%20up. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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