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to express (a thought or emotion) in words
couldn't quite verbalize the cause of his mental distress
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Recent Examples of verbalize
Concepts like loneliness and a sense of belonging can be difficult to verbalize.
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Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 17 June 2025
The screenplay, by Moll and Gilles Marchand, prioritizes verbalizing the step-by-step realization of who shot Guillaume and leans on expositional dialogue to move things along.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 15 May 2025
One guess is that his songs are much more personal than listeners might think, a lesson Anima verbalizes with a breakdown of multiple tracks from across his career.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 May 2025
Carr understands this on some level, but has too much faith in his coaching staff and teammates to verbalize the possibility of failure.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 12 May 2025
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Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 17 June 2025
The screenplay, by Moll and Gilles Marchand, prioritizes verbalizing the step-by-step realization of who shot Guillaume and leans on expositional dialogue to move things along.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 15 May 2025
One guess is that his songs are much more personal than listeners might think, a lesson Anima verbalizes with a breakdown of multiple tracks from across his career.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 May 2025
Carr understands this on some level, but has too much faith in his coaching staff and teammates to verbalize the possibility of failure.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbalize
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Despite staff layoffs affecting about 300 employees, industry analysts say Condé Nast still faces high pressure to continue restructuring and invest in digital innovation to survive long term headwinds.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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General maintenance takes place every four years and was last carried out in 2022, Bogas said, adding that weekly and monthly maintenance and daily inspections are also carried out.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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This was hardly the only nonsense uttered at the 40-minute press briefing, which was light on policy specifics but heavy on praise for the AI industry as a whole.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
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Jones explained that Aramayo would always seek permission from those who had uttered the tic.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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The cause of the accident was not immediately known, although the car appeared to have derailed, which a source from the Lisbon Firefighters Regiment told local media may have been caused by a loose cable leading to brake failure.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Figma added four new AI-native tools to its platform this quarter and told investors on the call to expect significant investments in AI going forward.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
4 Sep. 2025
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Ricardo Torres talked to them about their plans to rebuild.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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According to testimony, Polk identified herself as Zarnowitz's niece and mentioned him as her dad when talking to a credit card company about a credit card in his name that was opened after his death.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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In addition to testimony about Tammy's physical health, Emma also spoke about her father's religious beliefs, saying that her mother shared them.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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The company also spoke about NVLink Fusion, a rack-scale scale up fabric, shown in concept below.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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This model allows doctors to see fewer patients per day and spend more time discussing issues, lifestyles and treatment options beyond prescriptions.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Sep. 2025
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The significance of this was that, according to reports in The Times, Soriot had privately discussed moving the primary listing of AZ, the biggest company in the FTSE-100, to New York.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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Alphabet’s Google does not have to sell its Chrome web browser but must share some of its search and other data with competitors, a federal judge decided in the Justice Department’s landmark case against the search giant.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Parker later shared a series of photos from her poolside 21st birthday celebration.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Verbalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbalize. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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