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as in to promote
to provide publicity for
the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie
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as in to speak up
to voice one's opinions freely with force
feel free to talk up if you have any objections
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Recent Examples of talk up
Despite worries about a potential bubble, the industry continues to talk up its potential.
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Sarah Parvini, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
The event opened with WWE’s CM Punk and Rhea Ripley and also included The Duffer Brothers, creators of Stranger Things, Tina Fey, who was promoting The Four Seasons, John Mulaney talking up his new live variety talk show and Guillermo Del Toro sharing Frankenstein stories.
—Peter White, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
Series creators Matt and Ross Duffer aka The Duffer Brothers appeared at this week’s Next on Netflix press event to offer up a behind-the-scenes sizzle reel (not yet made public) and talk up just how big the farewell run will be and feel.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 30 Jan. 2025
President Donald Trump on Jan. 21 talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank.
—Josh Boak and Zeke Miller, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Parvini, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
The event opened with WWE’s CM Punk and Rhea Ripley and also included The Duffer Brothers, creators of Stranger Things, Tina Fey, who was promoting The Four Seasons, John Mulaney talking up his new live variety talk show and Guillermo Del Toro sharing Frankenstein stories.
—Peter White, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
Series creators Matt and Ross Duffer aka The Duffer Brothers appeared at this week’s Next on Netflix press event to offer up a behind-the-scenes sizzle reel (not yet made public) and talk up just how big the farewell run will be and feel.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 30 Jan. 2025
President Donald Trump on Jan. 21 talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank.
—Josh Boak and Zeke Miller, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talk up
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Propel also issues a free debit Mastercard for users’ cash benefits and earnings (food stamps have their own government card), generating revenue from card interchange fees and from marketers who pay to promote affordable products, such as low-cost Wi-Fi and groceries, on the platform.—
Martina Castellanos,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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This is a design choice that promotes an inclusive and dynamic dining environment.—
WWD,
WWD,
18 Feb. 2025
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This pervading dogma has made young men scared to speak up, Nordean said.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Experts in workplace safety warn that increased fear among immigrants at risk of deportation could inhibit them from speaking up about health and safety threats on the job.—
Emily Alpert Reyes,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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The company has for years sold a subscription called Reddit Gold that includes an ad-free scrolling experience for users among its offerings.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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But theaters have a very short window to sell the specialty items.—
Sarah Whitten,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2025
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Public support swelled; celebrities including Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry spoke out in favor of the group.—
Anna Russell,
The New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2025
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This is Boss Alexander and Rose’s first time speaking out about Holker’s memoir.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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On March 20, 2006, Tanya cried at work and told Joe that her real name was Tanya Kach, not Nikki Allen and that Hose had been holding her captive.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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And in hard moments, Alex would scream, cry or run to crawl onto my lap.—
Alicia Simba,
The Mercury News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Watch Goldberg shout for Haines to come down from The View tower in the video above.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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As Robinson spoke, or tried to speak, Butler shouted from across the locker room to Robinson that Robinson didn’t have to talk, wasn’t required to do the interview.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2025
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By the numbers: Just 39% of Democrats approve of celebrities piping up on political issues — but only 11% of Republicans and 12% of independents (24% for the whole sample).—
Noah Bressner,
Axios,
27 Dec. 2024
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But then a little voice called financial reality piped up.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Dec. 2024
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At one point, the situation escalated when the passenger began yelling loudly and incoherently.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Natalie then continued to yell at Josh as Florian escorted her away from the conversation.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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