utterances

plural of utterance
1
as in voices
an act, process, or means of putting something into words many writers have used poetry as a means to give utterance to their deepest thoughts

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as in statements
something that is said celebrities whose every utterance is treated as though it were newsworthy

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Recent Examples of utterances But Sprenger is like Victor Frankenstein, his electronic voice and its warped utterances breathing an uneasiness into everything around it. — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026 When even an unregulated utterance can end a life, and when such utterances are made to go unwitnessed, what remains? — Abdelrahman Elgendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026 The piece proceeded to indict him with a series of his own utterances. — David Kamp, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026 His public utterances will brim with courtly niceties, and with legal and ecclesiastical arcana. — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026 Like a number of Love’s utterances, this one seemed accidentally perfect. — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026 Iranian state media dutifully report the movements and utterances of most senior officials. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 One of the most enduring presidential utterances of the 20th century was also a bald-faced lie. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 June 2026 Speaking time per person was calculated by summing the duration of each of their utterances and excluding silent gaps. — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2026
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Noun
  • New progressive voices on Capitol Hill, buoyed by midterm wins and stronger numbers, promise to make a lot of noise about delivering on AI.
    — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • This opera features some very low instrumentation that the FlyBuds C3 bring out audibly without overpowering other voices and instruments.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • As ubiquitous as this mode of exhibition-making has become, such statements suggest that 1996 was a very long time ago.
    — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • But a legal dispute over specific statements must not become a warning that a billionaire’s political activity is off-limits.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Companies must submit non-proprietary expressions of interest outlining their relevant expertise.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Austin selected 46 of the original collection’s 96 barrels to create the blend used in both expressions.
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Even as everyone is talking to Jeff at Tribal, there are whispers back and forth, and the only words emerging are Eric and Brady, with a lot of I don’t knows thrown in for good measure.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Roasted beans were inside the law, instant coffee was outside, and the Commission called that a fragmented and incoherent approach for the coffee sector, in those exact words.
    — Maria Brozman, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Studies have found that, for women, testosterone gels or creams are better than oral formulations, which have been linked to liver and high cholesterol problems.
    — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 3 Nov. 2026
  • That’s beginning to change as brands explore formulations designed to support the wider ECM.
    — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026

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“Utterances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/utterances. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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