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give voice to
Say or express, especially an opinion or feeling. For example, The faculty gave voice to their anger over the dean's tenure decisions. This term once meant “to vote.” Its present sense dates from the mid-1800s.
Example Sentences
He said he wrote the book to "give voice to what it's like to grow up in a home where domestic abuse wasn't the word - it was coercive control and it didn't appear on my TV screens".
Doing the research for the play helped give voice to people who "often have no say in what's happening", but it also revealed to the pair the breadth of talent across the arts in Port Talbot.
But banning words that give voice to the marginalized from official language is an attempt to silence opposition and, literally, to control the narrative.
Hylton, who will continue reporting NBC News during the week, said she believes the way to “rebuild and repair” bridges of trust broken between the media and the audience is to get out into the field and give voice to the people.
Trade unionist Jean Rémy Yama, excluded from the presidential race because he could not produce his father's birth certificate, a nomination requirement, is one figure with a considerable following who could give voice to popular frustrations.
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