as in to speak up
to voice one's opinions freely with force
it's a free country, so anyone can speak out
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Recent Examples of speak out
Three board members discussed a plan to split the district during a closed meeting in December, but the plan did not become public until January, when a Fort Worth city council member spoke out about the proposal.
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Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
Thank you to everyone who has spoken out and held me accountable in the pursuit of truth.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2025
And the Silicon Valley legend wasn’t alone in speaking out against Musk recently.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
In 2016, Target stated that trans employees and customers could use bathrooms that aligned with their gender identity, becoming one of the first major retailers to speak out amid national debates over trans bathroom accessibility.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 27 Jan. 2025
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Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
Thank you to everyone who has spoken out and held me accountable in the pursuit of truth.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2025
And the Silicon Valley legend wasn’t alone in speaking out against Musk recently.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
In 2016, Target stated that trans employees and customers could use bathrooms that aligned with their gender identity, becoming one of the first major retailers to speak out amid national debates over trans bathroom accessibility.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speak out
Verb
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This pervading dogma has made young men scared to speak up, Nordean said.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Experts in workplace safety warn that increased fear among immigrants at risk of deportation could inhibit them from speaking up about health and safety threats on the job.—
Emily Alpert Reyes,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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Watch Goldberg shout for Haines to come down from The View tower in the video above.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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As Robinson spoke, or tried to speak, Butler shouted from across the locker room to Robinson that Robinson didn’t have to talk, wasn’t required to do the interview.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2025
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On March 20, 2006, Tanya cried at work and told Joe that her real name was Tanya Kach, not Nikki Allen and that Hose had been holding her captive.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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And in hard moments, Alex would scream, cry or run to crawl onto my lap.—
Alicia Simba,
The Mercury News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Star reporter Lisa Gutierrez and Inquirer reporter Beatrice Forman sound off on the Eagles’ and Chiefs’ best pregame fits.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2025
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President Donald Trump sounded off about the crash on Truth Social.—
Alex Nitzberg,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
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The event opened with WWE’s CM Punk and Rhea Ripley and also included The Duffer Brothers, creators of Stranger Things, Tina Fey, who was promoting The Four Seasons, John Mulaney talking up his new live variety talk show and Guillermo Del Toro sharing Frankenstein stories.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2025
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Series creators Matt and Ross Duffer aka The Duffer Brothers appeared at this week’s Next on Netflix press event to offer up a behind-the-scenes sizzle reel (not yet made public) and talk up just how big the farewell run will be and feel.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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At one point, the situation escalated when the passenger began yelling loudly and incoherently.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Natalie then continued to yell at Josh as Florian escorted her away from the conversation.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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By the numbers: Just 39% of Democrats approve of celebrities piping up on political issues — but only 11% of Republicans and 12% of independents (24% for the whole sample).—
Noah Bressner,
Axios,
27 Dec. 2024
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But then a little voice called financial reality piped up.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Dec. 2024
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“Speak out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speak%20out. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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