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to express (a thought or emotion) in words
she's not one to vocalize her worries
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Recent Examples of vocalize
The Lakers only took two free throws in the first two quarters, entering halftime trailing 48-47, with plenty of players vocalizing their frustrations with the officials the entire game.
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Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
Senate Democrats spent hours on the Senate floor vocalizing their opposition to his confirmation Wednesday.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025
Mobilizing against Trump seemed en vogue during Hollywood’s first award season after the 2016 election, as many artists vocalized their opposition to White House policies at the time.
—Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
Other factors that may have contributed to the patterns include whether or not other whales were vocalizing nearby.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2025
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Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
Senate Democrats spent hours on the Senate floor vocalizing their opposition to his confirmation Wednesday.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025
Mobilizing against Trump seemed en vogue during Hollywood’s first award season after the 2016 election, as many artists vocalized their opposition to White House policies at the time.
—Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
Other factors that may have contributed to the patterns include whether or not other whales were vocalizing nearby.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vocalize
Verb
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Schimel’s loss was a referendum on Musk.—
Will Steakin,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2025
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The parties are not treating the bid seriously, however, given that it was submitted just days before a deadline staving off a U.S. ban is set to expire, the person said.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2025
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Today’s news item is brought to you by the letters S, Z, and A. Sesame Street welcomed SZA on Thursday to sing a song about gratitude.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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Shakira is extremely experienced and professional — not just with her choreographed dance moves and her ability to sing to a large crowd, but also in knowing what her fans want.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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While those three letters are not going anywhere — Eddie Howe uttered them three times at his pre-Leicester City press conference on Friday — there is another buzzword that fans will hear repeatedly over the next few months.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The harm starts when he is emboldened to utter such nonsense.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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The need to sing and dance together is as ancient as the earliest humans who played drums and chanted around campfires.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Despite a strong promo, fans chanted for Roman Reigns.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In Leech, a parasitic hive mind that infests people discovers another parasitic hive mind that infests people, competing for the same brain space (told in first-person from the POV of the former parasitic hive mind).—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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One of the women surrendered her wedding ring, worth an estimated $7,000, and the robber told the victims to leave the area.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2025
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Worse yet, has Lutnick ever talked with a friend or relative in his or her 70s or 80s who depends on Social Security to cover basic bills?—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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Ramsey talked to Jimmy Fallon about the upcoming season, trying their best to keep things under wraps.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
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Something about Moss taking a moment to herself, and being captured doing so by paparazzi, clearly spoke to the Haim sisters.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
4 Apr. 2025
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But speaking to some of China's America watchers, views of any opportunities that the new administration might offer are tempered by caution and skepticism about China's appetite to eat America's lunch.—
Anthony Kuhn,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
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California family discusses ongoing legal and political battle to 'save girls' sports' as issue heats up Taylor and Ryan Starling of Riverside, California discussed their ongoing lawsuit over trans inclusion in girls' sports, speaking at the state capital and all the fallout that has come with it.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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It is not believed to be on the agenda at its quarterly meetings in Zimbabwe from April 11-13, but likely to be discussed, perhaps informally.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Vocalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vocalize. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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