talks up

present tense third-person singular of talk up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of talks up In its press release, Samsung talks up the AI capabilities of these chips—how local on-device AI processing demands more data to improve model context. Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 23 June 2026 Alibaba talks up chips Alibaba has positioned itself as one of China’s leading players, developing chips for AI and selling its services via its cloud computing unit. Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 13 May 2026 With something like military zeal, the former soldier who once itched to be on the front lines now talks up saving the world’s dwindling varieties of tomato seeds, as well as books about social inequality. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for talks up
Verb
  • Prior to ​the ⁠verdict, the Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent non-profit organization that promotes press ⁠freedom ​worldwide, said 29 journalists ​were imprisoned in Russia in connection with their work.
    Reuters, NBC news, 29 July 2026
  • Between such posts, Wall Street Mav promotes Kalshi betting odds.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • Jason speaks up as to whether he felt bullied or harassed in the house.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026
  • Your 11th House of Friends and Community speaks up as the moody Moon there opposes restrictive Saturn in your 5th House of Creativity and Play, so group plans may squeeze a passion project.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Veejay is a great model and sells Naheim’s and Jeffrey’s outfits, which are both really fashionable and exciting; Jeffrey’s burgundy suit is very femme-fatale Ursula.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 July 2026
  • Flock sells its services as a crime-fighting tool, built on a network of cameras that record and analyze everything that passes by them.
    T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Peter Weber speaks out ahead of former Bachelor producer Julie LaPlaca's memoir is published.
    Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
  • Jessica Mann speaks out on Harvey Weinstein mistrial Mann reacted to the outcome in a statement obtained by USA TODAY.
    Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • That video shows three boys scrubbing the floor and walls of a room in the school with rags as Morrison shouts commands and admonishments.
    Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 24 July 2026
  • In the background, an adult voice shouts at the bear, helping to scare the animal off.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • In another concert, Mikis Theodorakis comes on stage with his son, and my father cries again.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • Since 2018, Microsoft has answered those curmudgeons’ cries with the Surface Laptop line, now in its eighth generation.
    Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Boos against opponents and bad referees and yells at your side to do better was the Spirit moving you to testify.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • Rays pitching coach Kyle Snyder yells a lot of things from the dugout during a game, usually aimed at his own players.
    Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • Teddy’s babyish voice pipes up from the back seat.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026

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“Talks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talks%20up. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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