Thesaurus results for UTTERANCES

utterances

noun

plural of utterance

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

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Recent Examples of utterances 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 For one last time, here’s the Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz — with excerpts and utterances from May 17 to 23. — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026 Are there individual cells in the language network that respond to certain utterances, akin to how concept neurons only respond to specific concepts? — Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025 There were a few words or phrases that Live Translation didn't catch or misunderstood, but the gist of most utterances was caught and accurately translated. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Past research has shown that dogs can distinguish between words, male and female voices, other barks and even different languages.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
Wednesday’s presentations added more voices from inside UC leadership to a debate that so far has been led by math and science faculty pressing for the SAT’s return.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

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Reputation risk asks what assumptions, statements or future behavior of that influencer could become attached to the company.

— Sindhu Bhaskar, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Musk’s public profile and statements have driven major valuation boosts in companies like Tesla and SpaceX, but Gibney argues his claims are often out of sync with facts or evidence.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

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Day-to-day shifts on the frontlines in Ukraine and rhetorical expressions of domestic discontent are not among Putin’s major concerns.

— MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
In the new campaign, nods to the geometric symbol are recurrent and span from literal expressions as seen on a knitted sweater, to subtler ones, as hinted by a red pouch held by a talent.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

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Readers might think that once all the words are on the page, the translation is basically done, and the translator only needs to go through it once or twice to make sure that everything reads well.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
People with brain damage can lose the ability to understand or speak words yet still do math, play chess and compose music.

— George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of words

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And the makeup category showed up and out in a big way with amazing formulations that resulted in 26 must-have picks.

— Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026
Korean skin care tends to emphasize hydration, barrier support, gentle formulations, and sun protection.

— Sophie Dunne, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

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