speak volumes
idiom
: to provide a lot of information about something : to show something very clearly
The company's decision to ignore the problem speaks volumes about its lack of leadership.
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Numbers speak volumes, so quantify your achievements wherever possible.
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 7 Oct. 2024
After the game, Mahomes said the Chiefs have a lot to improve on, but the team’s two tough wins speak volumes.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
There was more that the absence of this figure was saying than the presence of the figure was saying, and that was a profound idea that would follow me for the rest of my practice: this idea that absence actually can speak volumes.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Marie Schley’s costumes speak volumes without shouting.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 7 Oct. 2024
After the game, Mahomes said the Chiefs have a lot to improve on, but the team’s two tough wins speak volumes.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
There was more that the absence of this figure was saying than the presence of the figure was saying, and that was a profound idea that would follow me for the rest of my practice: this idea that absence actually can speak volumes.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Marie Schley’s costumes speak volumes without shouting.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024
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“Speak volumes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speak%20volumes. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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