1
as in saying
to express (a thought or emotion) in words
she's not one to vocalize her worries
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2
as in chanting
to produce musical sounds with the voice
spent some time vocalizing before the concert
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Recent Examples of vocalizing
During these interactions, one bat wraps its wings around the other for several seconds while also vocalizing, researchers said.
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Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
The study also observed changes in behavior, such as cats altering their preferred sleeping spots and vocalizing differently.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
That was part of Johnson’s reasoning in publicly vocalizing a 70 percent completion rate goal for Williams.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
The study also observed changes in behavior, such as cats altering their preferred sleeping spots and vocalizing differently.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
That was part of Johnson’s reasoning in publicly vocalizing a 70 percent completion rate goal for Williams.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vocalizing
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Some experts underscored the elevated risk of political violence created by social media, saying its algorithms favor provocative posts that induce user engagement but exacerbate political division.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
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The matter has become a tad more complicated in recent years, as UEFA and then the Premier League introduced rules saying clubs could only amortise a player’s fee to a maximum of five years.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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The juvenile was within the area with vigil attendees and not outside the barrier with other protesters, who the Herald reported were chanting similar things.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
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Chicken Jockey The Minecraft Movie was a huge hit among teens and tweens, who were chanting memes and slogans from the movie for months after its release.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
18 Sep. 2025
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There’s one word in the English language that workers have trouble uttering in today’s workplace.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Rei is talking with her mom on the phone about her burgeoning anime illustrator career.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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There’s a little bit of talking past one another, in the sense that Republicans are trying to run a process that is better than [the stablecoin bill had].—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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At Marysol’s party, Adriana is already telling Guerdy that Julia is not a good friend because of what happened between them at her art party in the last episode.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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The common thread running through the winners, illuminated through a series of talks and presentations leading up to the awards ceremony, is their chefs' and founders' deep passion for their heritage and dedication to telling their personal stories through food.—
Abbey Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
26 Sep. 2025
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The shooting at the ICE facility came just two weeks after a gunman perched atop a building at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, shot and killed Kirk as the 31-year-old co-founder of the conservative grass roots organization Turning Point USA was speaking to a large crowd at an outdoor event.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Climate scientist Johan Rockström, speaking at a science briefing that opened the summit, warned that warming appears to be accelerating.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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The news conference earlier this week went far beyond discussing Tylenol.—
Edith Bracho-Sanchez,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Where other projects have found success discussing the same notions bleakly, Etzler trusts his sardonic approach will tempt audiences to let their guards down and allow the subject matter to resonate, perhaps looking inward at their own complicity in the process.—
Holly Jones,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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My process began with spending time together, building trust, sharing stories, before discussing ideas, moving objects, adjusting interiors, and staging moments that echoed each family’s rituals or memories.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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Even Linus Ullmark was sharing starts with Carter Hutton and Jonas Johansson in goal.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Vocalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vocalizing. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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