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plural of voice
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as in says
the right to express a wish, choice, or opinion everyone will have a voice in the decision of where to go for our vacation

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an act, process, or means of putting something into words a publisher who used his newspaper as a voice for his extreme conservatism

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voices

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verb

present tense third-person singular of voice

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Recent Examples of voices
Noun
The nonprofit has championed South Asian voices in film, art and storytelling since 2002, giving a platform to work on subjects such as caste, gender and sexuality. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 The petition calls for a waiver that would allow political groups to use artificial or prerecorded voices in unsolicited wireless calls. — Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026 The ordering should be pleasant like the voices of the elevator girls in department stores. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026 Across Los Angeles, comedy mentors are using stand-up and improv to help young people find their voices, build confidence and connect with others. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 Pointing to the responses from the town hall meetings, Trustee Horn said more than a third of Mansfield residents didn’t feel as though their voices were being heard in district matters. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026 Brad Paisley and Miranda Lambert were the first two recorded, with the likes of George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Blake Shelton, Martina McBride and Carrie Underwood adding their voices as the project developed. — Tom Roland, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2026 Some of the stories are just spoken matter-of-factly, while others are acted out with Jaku doing all the voices. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026 MacFarlane reprises the role of Ted, Wahlberg is the voice of Ted’s best friend, John; Seyfried voices John’s wife, Sam; and Barth is Ted’s wife, Tami-Lynn. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
Larson headlined the Apple TV+’s Lessons in Chemistry, earning Emmy, SAG, Critics Choice, and Golden Globe nominations, and voices Rosalina in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026 Vasarhelyi, seemingly a less hands-on presence in this project, voices a few more misgivings, at one stage pointedly asking her husband how many people who have previously been guests at their dinner table are now dead. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 Actor Denis Leary voices the restaurant’s creator, Joe Baum, drawn from decades of archival recordings. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026 When a young team member voices a frustration about workplace flexibility, do not dismiss it as a lack of commitment. — Kent Ingle, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Sam Rockwell voices Gunn; the cast also includes Scarlett Johansson and Tom Waits. — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Hailee Steinfeld voices a teen discovering her inner magic, with Rashida Jones, Jodie Foster and Walton Goggins filling out the ensemble. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 Bauza also voices both of the leads, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, in the last Looney Tunes feature, The Day the Earth Blew Up. — James Grebey, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026 Tom Krasovic voices his opinion (here) that the moves made the Padres a playoff team. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for voices
Noun
  • The idea, Was says, was to focus on Weir’s songs and the characters in them rather than on the jammy side of the Dead.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
  • It was given a 60 percent chance of cyclone formation through seven says—a 10- percentage-point increase over the previous day.
    — Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In 2025, the first chime of bells from a mountain pavilion at dawn, accompanied by a gentle morning greeting, creates a space where each collection is experienced independently and explores the versatile expressions of Songmont’s design language.
    — Footwear News, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Observance Dussehra takes on varied cultural expressions across India, shaped by regional rituals and performances.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • His inner circle included the likes of Madonna, actress Zoë Kravitz and Connor Storrie, models Kate Moss and Anja Rubik, singers Rosé and Charlotte Gainsbourg, plus such legendary figures from the days of Yves as Catherine Deneuve and Betty Catroux.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Steve Martin and Alison Brown have turned it into a vintage-sounding bluegrass tune and recorded it with an all-star cast of singers and players from that genre, including two of the great living bluegrass vocalists, Del McCoury and Dan Tyminski.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The film certainly expresses an interest in the shifting dynamics of this unconventional unit, especially once Junna does fall pregnant and moves into the family home.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Edward Ferrars expresses his surprise that hunters should be considered a necessity.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • And, as is the case in other parts of Europe, the real estate market in Hungary is cyclical.
    — Lucy Handley, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • To add to the dire situation, up to 80% of large parts of the city’s groundwater is contaminated, both by sewage and by naturally occurring substances such as arsenic.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The formulations still require testing for toxicity, purity and sterility; PMMA’s history of biomedical use does not establish the safety of the complete ink.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
  • If drugstore brands follow prestige lines into oil-in-serum formulations, the two-step routine collapses into one.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Send it to a dedicated landing page that explains the investment, states the capital requirement plainly and asks the candidate to complete a real application.
    — Jonathan Durante, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • In February 2022, agents interviewed Esteban, who told them that the man who picked him and Maria up from the airport was named Eart, who the complaint states is Knowles.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Only governments, tribal governments, and charities can make these stock gifts, so billionaires have to move their shares into a charity first.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • This position enabled a client to make a charitable gift of more than $100,000 earlier this year through the transfer of 700 shares that originally cost less than $1,800, Clapp said.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

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“Voices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voices. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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