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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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verb

present tense third-person singular of voice

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Recent Examples of voices
Noun
One theory is that English and European voices provide an air of authority, even legitimacy, to a sport which, while embraced by millions in America, is still ‘foreign’, certainly when compared to NFL, baseball and basketball. Nick Miller, New York Times, 18 July 2026 When our voices are centered in the decision-making process, the result is more meaningful, more innovative, more representative and ultimately stronger for everyone. Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026 People in rural communities in many states — Illinois and Colorado, plus California and others — do not just think their voices are being disregarded. Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 This is a book about the Iliad and the Odyssey, and about the voices miraculously preserved in their Homeric amber. Literary Hub, 17 July 2026 Inside, a lively party plays out — a cacophony of voices, skin, shimmer, bottles, joy and hormones on repeat. Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026 Over these images, two voices languidly recite what sounds like a roleplaying script, in which a desperate girl appeals to her grandpa for money. Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 11 July 2026 The event will feature voices from the 2026 TIME100 Sports list. Chantelle Lee, Time, 10 July 2026
Verb
Christoph Waltz voices Max, the film director who hires the Minions to act in his films during the 1920s. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 July 2026 In Season 2, Jay is hopeful that the two can expand their family and voices his desires to do so, but Pamela is hesitant. Erin Jensen, USA Today, 30 June 2026 Peyton Elizabeth Lee voices Prue, while Jacob Tremblay voices Curtis and Carey Mulligan voices Alexandra. Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026 The actress, who voices cowgirl Jessie in the record-breaking Toy Story 5, has been running her store, Judy Maxwell Home, in Chicago for over a decade. Nigel Smith, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026 In Wildwood, Clement voices the role of Roger Swindon, the manipulative right-hand man of South Wood governor Lars Svik. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 June 2026 And Conan O’Brien voices a cheeky new character, a potty-training device named Smarty Pants. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 June 2026 The movie’s real director, though, is Pierre Coffin, an Illumination veteran who has directed many of its movies and who famously voices the Minions. ABC News, 19 June 2026 Neil Fanning voices the titular Great Dane, Shaggy's Scooby-snack-loving partner in crime, in both Scooby-Doo live-action films. Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 June 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 the bathroom mirror, Laura made the rival’s face perform different expressions.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • House Republicans have been pushing to move forward on the reconciliation bill, which would be the third such effort this Congress, despite serious expressions of doubt from some key Senate Republicans.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • So the pair enlisted legendary singers like Tina Turner and Macy Gray to lay down takes, but Davis was after a different, newer sound.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026
  • His show is the place to find out that Jennifer Lopez thinks real New Yorkers must be born in the city or that Olivia Wilde believes good singers shouldn’t do karaoke—and whether or not the 40-year-old Egyptian American host agrees or disagrees.
    Leslie Horn Peterson, Time, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • The family expresses gratitude to Atrium Health Hospice & Palliative Care Cabarrus and longtime caregiver Andrea.
    Maveah Griffith, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026
  • Many accomplished players carrying such clauses, however, are open to waiving the power if a team expresses a desire to move on.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • Severe droughts and searing heat across vast swathes of southern Europe destroyed large parts of the olive oil harvest, culminating in a dizzying price rally that shocked industry veterans and consumers alike.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 July 2026
  • Building a track car sidesteps all the hardest parts of car manufacturing—like bringing it up to safety, emissions, and other compliance standards for road cars.
    Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • Season34, a Coral Gables, Florida brand, launched nine hormone-free formulations built so users can combine them without exceeding global safety thresholds for any ingredient.
    Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • Consumers are becoming increasingly comfortable interrogating formulations rather than simply admiring them, and that changes the relationship between brand and buyer in ways the industry is only beginning to understand.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • Now, the first law of thermodynamics — which states the energy of a closed system cannot be created or destroyed but rather can only change forms — can be applied to black holes even when they are involved in dynamic acts.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 July 2026
  • But the carve-out still leaves most of the workforce covered, since Blue Origin’s employees are concentrated in Florida, Texas, and Alabama, states where the clause applies.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • Zendaya as Athena The goddess of wisdom and war, Athena watches over Odysseus throughout his journey and shares brief but impactful scenes with him.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • Days after analysts at more than a dozen banks rolled out price targets that were almost uniformly bullish, the shares tumbled below their $135 IPO price for the first time, then kept falling toward $125.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 18 July 2026

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“Voices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voices. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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