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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By 2016, sellers were speaking out about Amazon’s growing counterfeit problem, telling CNBC of the company’s effort to openly court Chinese manufacturers.
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Annie Palmer,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
Burton and Clooney have since spoken out against them.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
Advocacy groups have long said board members are reluctant to speak out when standards lapse at one company for fear of losing a board position at another firm.
—Owen Tripp, Fortune Asia, 24 Oct. 2024
Now, the exes are speaking out about what happened during their dramatic breakup.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Annie Palmer,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
Burton and Clooney have since spoken out against them.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
Advocacy groups have long said board members are reluctant to speak out when standards lapse at one company for fear of losing a board position at another firm.
—Owen Tripp, Fortune Asia, 24 Oct. 2024
Now, the exes are speaking out about what happened during their dramatic breakup.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Speak out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speak%20out. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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