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vocalize

[voh-kuh-lahyz] / ˈvoʊ kəˌlaɪz /


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Either way, you’ll need to vocalize some boundaries, but I’d go about it differently depending on who this directive is coming from.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

“So, I went up on my medicine and I see my therapist. I try to see her every Wednesday, and I try to vocalize a lot when I’m feeling overwhelmed.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 5, 2024

A number of professional athletes also spoke out in response to the post to vocalize discontent with the uniform.

From Salon Apr. 22, 2024

When they found each other again, they started to vocalize and re-bonded with each other, according to officials with the humane society.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2023

He didn’t vocalize his concerns, out of fear that he’d just make everyone else feel as miserable as him.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

At one point, Tom vocalizes what the audience is asking, which is, "Why do you keep doing this?"

From Salon Jun. 7, 2023

It’s a tale of sound; the song of a solitary whale that vocalizes at a unique frequency, 52 Hertz, that no other whale—as the story goes—can seemingly understand.

From Scientific American Sep. 28, 2021

“I don’t want press to put your name next to mine, we’re on different lines,” she vocalizes while casually plucking a pastry from a Donuts and Coffee stand in the middle of the mall.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 12, 2020

It is a male and vocalizes during mating season in a way that only male whales do.

From Washington Post Jan. 25, 2017

Of course I do scales and vocalizes for a short time each day; such things are always kept up.

From Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers by Harriette Brower

But they rarely actually vocalized it to one another.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 23, 2025

These vocalizations agitated Rani, who circled and vocalized in a brief burst before collapsing.

From Washington Times Oct. 19, 2023

Because the bats spend so much time huddled together and fly so quickly, it can be hard to identify them or figure out which bat vocalized.

From Scientific American Jun. 16, 2023

Whatever the intent of bearing witness to her story, the men vocalized accountability and the desire to heal.

From Salon May 9, 2023

Kendra realized the problem before Seth vocalized it.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

"It's reacting, it has both eyes open, it's vocalizing, but it's incredibly uncertain and it's scared," he said.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2026

It wasn’t until recent weeks that people began really vocalizing their animosity.

From Slate Feb. 27, 2026

Hundreds of billions of dollars were wiped from public markets after prominent CEOs and analysts started publicly vocalizing concerns about an AI bubble.

From Barron's Nov. 20, 2025

I wouldn’t pay to hear her read the proverbial phone book, but I might shell out to hear her sing it, while cracking jokes in between vocalizing.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 10, 2025

Still, decisions about crescendos and decrescendos, tempo, and score reading have to be made, but there are endless possibilities for vocalizing and playing these child-centered compositions.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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