WRITING UP Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

writing up

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present participle of write up

as in speaking out

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Surviving members of the beloved Bahamian musical group Da Pond Band are speaking out about their friends and bandmates who were killed when a small plane operated by Flamingo Air crashed in the Bahamas on Friday, killing all 10 people on board.

— Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Many of the witnesses, including Frometa and Flores, have said that ICE has tried to punish them for speaking out.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

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Iran’s semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) wrote about the 1989 funeral earlier this week, describing how the enormous crowds exceeded the numbers expected by authorities.

— Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Furthermore, Bavarian state lawmaker Bernhard Pohl also welcomed the move, describing it as a long-term guarantee for the future of the Kaufbeuren location and its role within Germany’s expanding missile defense network.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026

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From there on the two teams looked to find ways to generate offense but the bats were not sounding off.

— Mukala Kabongo, Boston Herald, 14 June 2026
The university, its athletic department and anyone associated with it haven't done the Red Raiders and their quarterback any favors, either, with people like head coach Joey Maguire and billionaire booster Cody Campbell sounding off on the issue and only angering fans further.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026

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Since then, the state agency has been collecting and publishing the compensation data of more than 2 million workers across more than 5,000 public agencies — including special districts, universities and state departments.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Scott announced the formation of his own record label and music publishing company, Cactus Jack Records, on March 6, 2017.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026

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Henrietta also had a particular fondness for befriending young women, and disseminating scientific works and sharing knowledge with them.

— Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026
Broadsides – sheets of paper containing lyrics to be sung to familiar, traditional melodies – were a common medium for disseminating songs.

— Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

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