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as in oral
made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing
a spoken agreement is too easily broken
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2
as in uttered
expressed or communicated by voice
a politician who knows the power of the spoken word
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as in said
to express (a thought or emotion) in words
finally spoke her fears
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as in talked
to give a formal often extended talk on a subject
the Mayanists have been invited to speak about their latest archaeological discoveries
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Recent Examples of spoken
Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2025
In brooding spoken word, Cole Haden portrays his identity as vampiric, fueled by his obsessions—both intimate and parasocial—with others.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2026
Reiner has long spoken about struggling with substance abuse since adolescence and even experienced bouts of homelessness as a result.
—Jami Ganz, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
At the end of the song’s spoken-word section, in which the woman reads a text message describing the affair, the figure stepped out and was revealed to be Dakota Johnson.
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The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has spoken with its own nominees amid a very busy awards season week that started with the Critics Choice Awards and will end with the Golden Globes.
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Their oral immunization, called RotaTeq and delivered as a series of sugar-sweet drops to infants, would ultimately be licensed in 2006.—
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The drug also worked better than a placebo and outperformed Amgen’s oral drug Otezla.—
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In Kyiv, a CNN reporter said that the attack began around midnight, starting with multiple drone strikes on residential buildings.—
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The president said Thursday that the two mortgage giants under government conservatorship, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, have $200 billion in cash that will be used to make the mortgage bond purchases.—
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Before the Globes, Chalamet talked to Entertainment Tonight at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards about the future of the lovebirds' date-night outfits.—
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Neil Krishnaswamy, a CFP and president of Krishna Wealth Planning in McKinney, Texas, has talked with clients about the 401(k) change.—
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Attorneys for the victims' families say the victims were three 10-year-old non-verbal boys with autism.—
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Trump’s relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is just as volatile, ranging from verbal fistfights in the Oval Office to respectful deliberation.—
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Sanders, who co-directed the original movie and voiced Stitch, reprised his voice-over role in the 2025 update.—
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Several cast members returned, including co-writer and co-director Chris Sanders, who created and voiced Stitch.—
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But law enforcement experts told CNN the dragging incident last summer could have affected his decision-making – though how such an experience impacts law enforcement varies from officer to officer.—
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Chew told jurors that neither the Cryptpad documents nor the prosecution’s surveillance videos shown during Baker’s opening could be considered evidence during opening statements.—
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But this season’s 49ers team was lectured from the start to back off on the Super Bowl talk after last year’s 6-11 debacle and instead work on simply becoming a good team that gets better every week.—
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Meanwhile, Cheen also lectured on the music industry across Asia and Australia.—
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The responses in Bug are very vocal and that is a lot of fun.—
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Hopefuls are judged on musical performance, song choice, vocal abilities, costuming, crowd appeal and authenticity in portraying the real-life Gold Rush character Klondike Kate.—
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“Spoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoken. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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