WRITING UP Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

writing up

verb

present participle of write up

as in speaking out

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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

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Thank you, Kat Timpf, for speaking up against Greg Gutfeld’s hateful, pointless and incorrect diatribe about cats and the people who give them a home.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
According to the family, speaking up is about seeking justice for Lopez Cornejo and anyone in a similar situation.

— Michael Loria, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of speaking up

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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

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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

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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 sheriff's office has identified the teen, though ABC News is not publishing his name because he has not been charged as an adult.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
After publishing a final version of the rules, there will be a 30-to-60-day period before the rules go into effect.

— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 7 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

Definition of disseminating

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