writing up

verb

present participle of write up
as in speaking out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writing up
  1. speaking out
  2. speaking up
  3. writing
  4. describing
  5. sounding off
  6. publishing
  7. disseminating
Verb
  • But neighbors on Ash Avenue have been speaking out against the project for years.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 11 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Ina Fassbender | Afp | Getty Images Hello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
  • While Homer followed warriors sailing home from Troy, the playwright Euripides — writing some three centuries later — turned to the city’s ruins and its women, forced into exile and enslavement.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of writing
Verb
  • Asking Out Loud Which brings me to the last person in this column, and the only one who solved the problem rather than describing it.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Though each of the nine reports labeled the cause of death as asphyxiation due to burial in snow, sections describing the conditions of the bodies were redacted.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of describing
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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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Definition of disseminating
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