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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 book is structured around the voices of two young women in São Paulo, Ana and Joan, each on the cusp of their eighteenth birthday, each experimenting with their sense of self, with their limits and possibilities. Literary Hub, 24 July 2026 Alina Marazzi is one of the most distinctive voices in Italian cinema. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 July 2026 While some on the Street have viewed this medication as targeted for patients who quickly need to lose weight, a growing number of voices believe the opportunity could have more mass-market appeal than previously thought. Jeff Marks, CNBC, 23 July 2026 This fails to mention that partisan gerrymandering silences the voices of the voters in the district who deserve representation, especially voters from underrepresented groups that are disproportionately affected by these efforts. Reese Ritter, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Hays narrates and does voices for the characters, including Princess Donut. Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026 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 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
Verb
Released in May, the film adaptation stars Sally Field as Tova, Lewis Pullman as Cameron — a wayward young man who comes to town in search of family and finds an unexpected friendship with Tova — and Tony nominee Alfred Molina, who voices Marcellus. Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 The audiobook will feature eight stories narrated by Australian actress Miranda Tapsell (Sapphires), who voices Dougie’s mum in the uber popular kids franchise. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 July 2026 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 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
  • Higher proof expressions, heritage production methods and transparency around ingredients have all become growing points of interest as the category continues to evolve.
    Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Under his watch almost three years ago, FIFA unexpectedly announced a compressed bidding timeline for the 2034 World Cup, giving countries less than a month to submit expressions of interest.
    Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • Almost everyone is naked, including opera singers, musicians, old women, disabled women, camerawomen, and women with no formal dance training.
    Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Now, over a year after the film’s premiere, the demand for merchandise is finally being fulfilled with the pending release of dolls of singers/demon hunters Rumi, Mira and Zoey from Mattel, role-playing toys from Hasbro and Funko Pops!
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • In one of Nolan’s subtle but important additions to Homer’s tale, all throughout the film, everyone expresses fears about the People from the Sea, this unseen menace terrorizing different towns.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • Truly someone who has those types of values and expresses them very publicly.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • Within the real-estate industry, there was skepticism that Berman’s approach would work in other parts of the city.
    Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
  • Lama, 28 years old, softspoken and shy, walks quietly among them, equal parts desperation and dread.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Noun
  • All those experts voted in favor of allowing specialty pharmacies to produce their own formulations of BPC-157 for patients.
    Matthew Perrone, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • Teresa Fleming, director of innovation and research at Bell, said the approval creates an opportunity to develop lighter, more elegant sunscreen formulations that better match evolving consumer expectations.
    Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Strategies + Advice A joint statement from 16 Nobel laureates and thousands of economists states AI could change the world economy faster than the Industrial Revolution.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • The release states that Midwest Poultry is not aware of any specific illnesses linked to it's products, and its Texas farms are not distributing fresh eggs at this time.
    Mary Lyle, Arkansas Online, 23 July 2026
Noun
  • For those Regular Joes fortunate enough to have a few bucks in a brokerage account during its IPO last month, shares are down 30%.
    Matt Peterson, CNBC, 25 July 2026
  • Recalling the biblical knights that danced and fought in Cucinelli’s childhood dreams, the director projects crayon drawings on the rafters above the bed his fictional counterpart (Francesco Cannevale) shares with his cousins.
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 25 July 2026

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