as in saying
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 verbalizing
Experts urge parents to look for other signs in addition to verbalizing a hatred of school that may indicate your child is experiencing a problem that needs more serious intervention, like bullying or failing grades.
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Mar. 2026
Sometimes that may include the language of a speech, verbalizing a vision and motivating others to move toward it.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Lee, who represents a mother and her five children confined at Dilley for eight months, said the 5-year-old twins are hardly eating and the 9-year-old is verbalizing suicidal thoughts.
—Lisa Falkenberg, Houston Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2026
Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Mar. 2026
Sometimes that may include the language of a speech, verbalizing a vision and motivating others to move toward it.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Lee, who represents a mother and her five children confined at Dilley for eight months, said the 5-year-old twins are hardly eating and the 9-year-old is verbalizing suicidal thoughts.
—Lisa Falkenberg, Houston Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbalizing
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The Lakers are saying very nice things about the defending champion Thunder ahead of their second-round matchup.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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But financial advisors disputed that characterization, saying $465,000 wouldn't necessarily qualify someone as being wealthy in retirement — especially when that nest egg might have to be spread over roughly two or three decades.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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Womble sat silently, not uttering a word after entering his guilty plea.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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So far, 1,500 Orange County voices have spoken without uttering a word.—
Mindy Schauer,
Oc Register,
15 Apr. 2026
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Pharoah, best known for being a cast member of Saturday Night Live between 2010-2016, had been talking to Fox for a while about hosting a show.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
4 May 2026
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Barack Obama liked talking to The New Yorker’s David Remnick.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
4 May 2026
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Like Flores and Natal, Kaik found that the company, York Service & Towing, would only take cash, telling her that sometimes, people would pay with a credit card then cancel the card before payment went through.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Shortly after telling her to contact security, Alvarez arrived upstairs.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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In many parts of the English-speaking world and Latin America, there’s still a big stigma about men dancing.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
4 May 2026
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The cast appeared to be in good spirits, laughing with one another at the event and speaking on a panel about their experience making the film.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
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The open letter comes as EU Member states are discussing plans to combine funding for culture, media and civil society into a single pot.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026
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Board members had signed nondisclosure agreements barring them from discussing information related to the search, partly to protect candidates’ current employment.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Joliet Catholic’s Steve Martin is just fine with sharing a name with the famous actor and comedian.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
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In the weeks to follow, the pair has posted photos together for birthdays and holidays, recently sharing a joint Instagram post in honor of McCormack's 63rd birthday on April 19.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
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Moore did a good job on Maher’s show of articulating the problems with closed primaries.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
3 May 2026
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Was Hurzeler merely articulating what others in the game are too diplomatic to say?—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Verbalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbalizing. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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