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vocalize

[voh-kuh-lahyz] / ˈvoʊ kəˌlaɪz /


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This would require your brother-in-law or his wife to vocalize a different desire, which would be quite bold.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

While he was in graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania, Khawaja was moved by an essay that argued that fish suffer inhumane deaths because they cannot vocalize pain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025

“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

After what had happened with Sam, I didn’t say a word for almost a full year; there was just no way to vocalize that kind of pain.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

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

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2023

She mostly vocalizes, sometimes on the syllable “ah,” sometimes on “mm” and sometimes — most memorably at the end — on “shh.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

While Bill vocalizes one warning — that getting close to someone is how you get killed in the world of the game — his purpose is to serve as the opposite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 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

Galli-Curci gives a half hour or so to vocalizes and scales every morning.

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

Sixty-three percent of independents vocalized confidence in the federal government back in 2019 compared to 52% now.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2024

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

It’s not entirely clear how the two parts of “Family Happiness” speak to each other, but they do expose a contrast between emotionally detached tasks and dreams vocalized by a group.

From New York Times ● May 8, 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

Her lovely, ethereal vocalizing briefly infuses the show with the heart and soulful spirit that is conspicuously absent from Mr. Coen’s writing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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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