WRITING UP Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

writing up

verb

present participle of write up

as in speaking out

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The mother of a toddler who was found breathing in a hospital morgue hours after being pronounced dead is speaking out about the shocking incident.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Brattin said other conservatives face the same threats for speaking out.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of speaking out

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Survivors can face public skepticism and harassment in speaking up; oftentimes they are blamed for the violence that harmed them.

— Michele Decker, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
That meant speaking up, following the action and keeping his energy from slipping when somebody else had the ball.

— C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of speaking up

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Composers devised elaborate systems for writing music that ventured deep into dissonance, away from the rules of tonality that had governed it for centuries.

— Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
The prompts presented the assistant as a character in creative-writing exercises.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of writing

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Masterson, who has spent the last six years thwarting Kelly’s will as a top legislative leader in Topeka’s Republican supermajority, is now highlighting examples of his bipartisan achievements and describing Holscher as a socialist.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
Even at their most disturbing, scenes describing carnage tend to be colorful and amusing.

— Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

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Robert Pattinson is sounding off about Steven Soderbergh stepping up to help finish filming The Batman Part II.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026
Elaine Hendrix is sounding off about Tuesday’s shocking elimination on Dancing With the Stars season 35.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of sounding off

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The order and accompanying legislation must be designed so that collecting and disseminating foreign trade secrets advances defense and intelligence priorities and does not unduly distort the free market.

— DAVID S. COHEN, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
Mid-market carve-outs rarely command a TSA long enough to deliberate, so the real skill is collecting and disseminating the supporting information quickly enough that leadership can make sound choices in rapid succession.

— Miki Kapoor, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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