voicing

verb

present participle of voice
as in expressing
to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion) voiced a suggestion about where to go

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Recent Examples of voicing Cullen received a lifetime achievement award at the Children's & Family Emmy Awards in 2023 and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for voicing Optimus Prime in 2011. — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 The stature of the performances from Claymore, July and Fuller bring weight to these moments over a character, generally Sarah, voicing the thesis to us again. — Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026 Dinklage is voicing Hans Vollman, a ghost obsessed with his dream of being reunited with his much younger wife. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026 Cullen received a lifetime achievement award at the Children’s & Family Emmy Awards in 2023 and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for voicing Optimus Prime in 2011. — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026 Born in Montreal, his early work included voicing King Kong in the King Kong 1976 film and serving as an announcer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026 The streamer suggested that American Jews are inviting violence upon themselves by voicing support for Israel. — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026 After voicing Gilderoy Lockhart in audiobook form, Kit Harington will bring the narcissistic con-artist wizard to live-action for HBO’s Harry Potter TV series. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026 Halfway through his presidential term, around 70% of voters rate Argentina’s economic situation negatively and increasing numbers are voicing anger over wages and unemployment, El País noted. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for voicing
  1. expressing
  2. giving
  3. stating
Verb
  • In the complaint, Boltinhouse acknowledged that years-old social media posts resurfaced after her June victory, including posts containing a racial slur and others expressing conservative political views.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The visual style references a late 1980s Donna Karan campaign and video, photographed by Dennis Piel, that featured Rosemary McGrotha expressing her inner thoughts inside a limousine coming into New York.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of expressing
Verb
  • After wrapping up its longest monthly losing streak on Wall Street in more than a decade, Google has started September by giving investors several reasons for optimism.
    — MacKenzie Sigalos,Drew Troast, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The voyage involved a 57,038-DWT bulk carrier, giving the system a test under real commercial operating conditions.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of giving
Verb
  • There was a case being made here, without stating it quite so bluntly, that the two greatest decades for women in pop music were the ’90s and the 2020s.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The California Highway Patrol posted on social media stating that the crash involved a single big rig near Floriston, east of Truckee.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of stating

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“Voicing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voicing. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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