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 activist speaking out against the bill is also calling for an outright ban on data centers.

— Dennis Valera, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
An American woman is speaking out after being rescued from a seaplane crash that was caught on camera near the Bahamas on Saturday.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of speaking out

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The generation that has encountered the impact of social media on their own and their friends’ mental and physical wellbeing is speaking up, loud and clear.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026
If another passenger refuses to share the armrests, experts recommend politely speaking up before asking a flight attendant for help.

— Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of speaking up

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But Democrats, like Senator Richard Blumenthal, writing to Secretary Hegseth and Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao, demanding answers about the conditions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Just three years ago, Katie Husher was writing software to control autonomous vehicles at Cruise in San Francisco.

— Laura Ness, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of writing

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Influencers like Paige Paul (née Lorenze) have been sounding off in Four Winds Craft Guild’s comments, trying to frame the argument as a feminist one.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 July 2026
His inconsistencies were glaring, sounding off alarm bells about whether Drury had made a miscalculation.

— Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of sounding off

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The novel, inarguably ambitious in scope, begs questions of form and content, and the possibilities and pitfalls of publishing outside traditional pathways.

— Keziah Weir, Vanity Fair, 13 Aug. 2026
It was then edited and fact-checked by journalists on The Sun staff before publishing.

— The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of publishing

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No billion-dollar corporation changes or eliminates its operating policies without disseminating the replacement policy first.

— Joseph Landers, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026
Jackie is fighting staff Friends of Big Bear Valley's Big Bear Eagle Nest Cam (FOBBV), in a July 21 email to USA TODAY, said the rescue is unable to take calls or emails and is only disseminating information on Jackie through social media.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 July 2026

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