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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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as in expressions
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 story portrays the lives of adolescents today through their own eyes, allowing their voices and perspectives to shape the narrative in a genuine and convincing way. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 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 Englert and McLeod are agonizingly shocked when Anastasia and Sasha, on separate ships, hear each others’ voices for the first time in months, and realize the depths of their longing. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2026 The event will feature voices from the 2026 TIME100 Sports list. Chantelle Lee, Time, 10 July 2026 That means surfacing real employee voices and perspectives, genuine customer stories, original research and data, and specific product use cases rooted in actual experience. Jenny Herbison, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Our understanding of the American story is richer—and more complete—when all of its voices are heard. Robin Follman, Oc Register, 4 July 2026 Mayor Rusty Knox has been one of the voices opposed to expanding the lanes. Michael Praats, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2026 An underground masterpiece When acclaimed avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs died last year at age 92, the world lost one of its most singular voices. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 3 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
  • The premise is begging for those capable of delivering big expressions to capture what the F1 drama would have been like in the 1960s.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • The three machines arrayed before me are designed to capture every inch of a performer’s body—their facial expressions, their physical movements, the grain of their voice—and use this data to create an AI likeness.
    Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • This includes players who have hidden musical talents, or who have made careers moonlighting as singers, rappers, and musicians.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2026
  • The pop singers first connected in 2008 when Swift was romantically linked to Joe Jonas and Gomez to Nick Jonas.
    Jennifer McClellan, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Someone expresses displeasure, raises their voice slightly or applies the soft pressure of sustained silence, and the original position softens, shifts or vanishes entirely.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Companies in industrial parts, software, consulting and life sciences were the other sectors in the Southland that attracted venture investments.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Striking is a reproduction of a metallic structure with moving and rotating mechanical parts that reflected Lagerfeld’s Bauhaus influences, with 18 fur coats on display that seem to float and dance.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • There’s no shortage of options to choose from, either, including formulations made for specific conditions (pregnancy, postpartum, and premenopause, to name a few) or age.
    Nikki Brown, StyleCaster, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Both states tax pension benefits, but in Arkansas, the first $6,000 is exempt.
    Scott Cohn, CNBC, 9 July 2026
  • According to Hyperallergic, the suit states that Thomas’ exhibition puts the sales of the forthcoming book at risk.
    News Desk, Artforum, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • The entry is a combination of Class A and Class C Alphabet shares.
    Alex Crippen, CNBC, 11 July 2026
  • The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
    Daniel Yue, The Conversation, 10 July 2026

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