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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

They also vocalize to tell their chicks they are back at the nest with food and, seemingly, to cheer on their babies when they’re learning to fly.

From Salon Oct. 20, 2024

“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

“It’s an outlet for some kids to be able to outwardly express and vocalize something that’s bothering them,” she said.

From New York Times Feb. 6, 2024

I was trying to think of some way to vocalize this epiphany when Judy came back with the drinks.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

The lights flash on as Springsteen vocalizes, finishing the sentence: “War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.”

From Salon May 28, 2026

He traverses the stage, wrapping a feather and fabric concoction by the costume designer Marianne Fassler around his body, as he vocalizes mournfully: a requiem for a new generation.

From New York Times Sep. 23, 2022

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

Then she said, in her abrupt way, "What vocalizes do you sing?"

From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone

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

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

More of the crowd was awake now, and many of them vocalized their support with claps and cheers.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

They communicate by touching each other with their trunks, smelling each other and vocalizing.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2026

"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

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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