1
as in to promote
to provide publicity for
the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie
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as in to speak up
to voice one's opinions freely with force
feel free to talk up if you have any objections
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Recent Examples of talk up
The final product launched by Tesla deviated from the initial specifications the company talked up at its unveil event back in 2019.
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Trefis Team, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Already, some Republicans are talking up the potential of having conditions tied to aid for Southern California.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
Sources at Thorp Arch — speaking anonymously to protect relationships — have repeatedly talked up Cairns’ role behind the scenes.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Lilly strikes a deal and talks up its pill: There’s always a flurry of M & A activity around the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Already, some Republicans are talking up the potential of having conditions tied to aid for Southern California.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
Sources at Thorp Arch — speaking anonymously to protect relationships — have repeatedly talked up Cairns’ role behind the scenes.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Lilly strikes a deal and talks up its pill: There’s always a flurry of M & A activity around the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for talk up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for talk up
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Trump and his administrative have fired independent inspectors generals of 17 agencies, purged the Justice Department of attorneys who worked on the criminal investigations targeting him and pushed out top FBI executives promoted by former FBI Director Christopher Wray.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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By promoting local inventory, Temu’s products not only arrive faster to shoppers’ doorsteps, but the company also reduces its reliance on sellers who ship direct from China.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2025
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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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In honor of the character's return, McDonald's will be selling limited-edition Uncle O'Grimacey t-shirts, baseball hats and crewnecks.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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Many schools, like the St. Stephen Catholic School on Napoleon Avenue, sell wristbands to use their facilities.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
4 Feb. 2025
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Public support swelled; celebrities including Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry spoke out in favor of the group.—
Anna Russell,
The New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2025
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This is Boss Alexander and Rose’s first time speaking out about Holker’s memoir.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
7 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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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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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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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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At one point, the situation escalated when the passenger began yelling loudly and incoherently.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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