WRITES UP Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

writes up

verb

present tense third-person singular of write up

as in speaks up

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Jason speaks up as to whether he felt bullied or harassed in the house.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026
Your 11th House of Friends and Community speaks up as the moody Moon there opposes restrictive Saturn in your 5th House of Creativity and Play, so group plans may squeeze a passion project.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026

Definition of speaks up

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Meghan McCain, a conservative panelist who left the show in 2021, regularly speaks out about the program on social media and via her Citizen McCain talk show.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026
Jessica Mann speaks out on Harvey Weinstein mistrial Mann reacted to the outcome in a statement obtained by USA TODAY.

— Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 15 May 2026

Definition of speaks out

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The company describes the effort as part of a broader push to increase the pace of hypersonic testing.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
Sandoval plays the Babaylan, a traditional Malay healer who Diaz describes as a lasting bridge between Filipinos and their pre-Hispanic, pre-Islamic Malay heritage.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

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Database lookup triggers Agent C, which calls out to an external API and writes results to cloud storage.

— Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Like a drug, your ego can stop you from listening to your true self … My true self is someone who writes and sings songs.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of writes

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Clearly more advanced than the average schoolgirls, the two enter a competition sponsored by the Shueisha publishing house, whose editor (Masaki Suda) recognizes their talents and publishes their first story.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 7 Sep. 2026
Her cookbook, Spanglish, a love letter to bicultural Puerto Rican cooking, publishes May 19, 2026.

— Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 3 Sep. 2026

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